Question

Tim and Sarah Worker are planning a hiking trip. They are using a map with the scale of 1:50,000. This means for every unit on the map there are 50,000 units in the real world (1 inch : 50,000 inches). The distance they plan to hike is six inches on the map. How many miles will their hike be?

Answer 1

4.73

Explanation:

Answer 2

an inch on the map means 50,000 inches in the real world ⇒
⇒ 6 inches on the map mean 50,000 inches × 6 = 300,000 inches in the real world

1 inch = 1.57828283 × 10-5 miles ⇒ 300,000 inches = 300,000 × 1.57828283 × 10-5 miles = 4,73484849 miles ≈ 4,735 miles

Therefore, their trip is 4,735 miles long!

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