Question

if robin house is 12 miles from the school how many inches apart would his house and school be on the map of the scale was 1 inch = 6 miles

Answer 1

Since we have the scale 1 inch = 6 miles, we can solve this problem with a simple rule of three:

`\begin{gathered} 1\text{inch}=6\text{miles} \\ x\text{ inches = 12miles} \\ \Rightarrow x=(12\cdot1)/(6)=(12)/(6)=2 \\ x=2 \end{gathered}`

Therefore, the school would be 2 inches apart from Robin's house on the map