Question

Isabelle is planning a road trip to her friend's house. She looks at a map that has a scale of 1/2 in. to 25 mi. The road distance between her home town and her friend's town measures 12 in. on the map. If d represents the road distance between the two towns, what is d?

A. 50 mi.
B. 150 mi.
C. 300 mi.
D. 600 mi.

Answer 1

* given: 12 inches is the distance on the map between her home and her friends home.
1/2 inch = 25
then
1 inch = 50 miles

. 1 inch = 50 miles
12 inches = X miles
. 12 × 50= 600 miles

Answer 2

Answer D

Explanation:

1/2 in. = 25 mi.

1 in. = 50 mi.

12x50 = 600

12 represents the total inches on the map to her friends town 50 represents the miles an inch.