Question

On a United States map, the scale is 1 inch to 500 miles. If it is about 2,500 miles from San Francisco to New York, what is that distance on the map?

5 in.
10 in.
125 in.
4.5 in.

Answer 1

the answer would be 5 inches

Explanation:

if you know that the scale is 1 inch to 500 miles, and to want to know how many inches 2,500 miles is just divide. 2,500 divided by 500 is equal to 5. also I took the quiz

Answer 2

If you would like to know what is the distance on the map, you can calculate this using the following steps:

1 inch ... 500 miles
x inches = ? ... 2,500 miles

1 * 2,500 = 500 * x
2,500 = 500 * x
x = 2,500 / 500
x = 5 inches

The correct result would be 5 in.