Question

On a map, the length of a river is 4.75 in. The actual length of the river is 247 miles. What is the scale of the map?

Answer 1

The scale of the map is for every inch it equals 52 miles. You find this out by dividing 247 by 4.75. I hope this helps!

Answer 2

247 / 4.75 = 52

The scale of the river to the map is 52:1