Question

The distance from Boulder City, NV to Santa Fe, NM is around 600 miles. If a map has a scale of 0.3 in for every 30 mi, how far is the scale distance between Boulder City, NV and Santa Fe, NM?

Answer 1

600 miles is the total and a rate of 30 mi per 0.3 in

600 divided by 30 = 20 units

each unit is 0.3 inches

20*0.3 = 6

6 inches

Answer 2

6 inches.

Explanation:

The distance between two cities is around = 600 miles.

Map has a scale of 0.3 inches = 30 miles.

Therefore, on the scale 1 inches =
`(30)/(0.3)` miles

= 100 miles

Since on the map, 100 miles = 1 inches

The distance of 600 miles =
`(600)/(100)`

= 6 inches

The scale distance between cities is 6 inches.