Question

On another map the distance between river city and pine bluff is 6 inches. What is the scale of the map?

Answer 1

9. c) Scale: 1 in =
`1(1)/(2)` miles

Explanation:

From the sub part (a), we get that the actual distance between the river city and pine bluff as 9 miles because the scale in sub part (a) is 1 in = 3 miles. Therefore, 3 inches equal 9 miles.

Given:

Actual distance between river city and pine bluff is 9 miles.

Distance on the map is given as 6 inches.

So, 6 inches on map equals 9 miles in actual.

Therefore, 1 inch on map equals
`(9)/(6)=(3)/(2)=1(1)/(2)` miles in actual.

Therefore, the scale of the map is given as:

Scale: 1 in =
`1(1)/(2)` miles