Question

Kim is drawing a map of the different schools in her school district.she knows that her middle school is 10.6 miles away from the middle school that her best friend attends.if every 2 inches on the map represents 5 miles, how far apart will the two schools be on the map,to the nearest tenth of an inch

Answer 1

so Kim and her best friends are 10.6 miles away and we are trying to find out how many inches are they apart

10.6/5 = 2.12
that equation represents how many miles away they are now we mulitply
2.12x 2 to find a number of inches 4.24

Answer 2

4.24 inches.

Explanation:

In the map,

2 inches represents 5 miles,

Thus, we can write,

`5\text{ miles}=2\text{ inches}`

`1\text{ mile}=(2)/(5)\text{ inches}-----(1)`

Since, the actual distance between the two schools is 10.6 miles.

Multiplying both sides by 10.6 in equation (1),

`10.6\text{ miles}=10.6* (2)/(5)=(21.2)/(5)=4.24\text{ inches}`

Hence, the distance between the two schools in the map is 4.24 inches.