Question

A road map has a scale of 1/2 inch of 75 miles the distance between two cities is 600 miles how many inches apart are they of the map

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation

Answer 2

Answer: 4 inches

Explanation:

0.5 inch = 75 miles

1 inch = 150 miles

2 inches = 300 miles

4 inches = 600 miles

Alternatively, you could just divide.

`(600)/(75)` = 8

8 x
`(1)/(2)` = 4

Hope that helps!