Question

gina is traveling to the beach 20 miles away from her house.On Ginas map her house and the beach are 4 inches apart what is the scale used for Ginas map

Answer 1

The scale is 5. because you can divide 2o by 4 to get that answer.

Answer 2

Gina is travelling to the beach 20 miles away from her house.

On Ginas map her house and the beach are 4 inches apart

That is a distance of 20 miles is represented by the Ginas map in 4 inches

Therefore, on Ginas map one inch will be = 20/4 miles = 5 miles

So, the scale used for Gina's map is 1 inch = 5 miles

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