Question

A map of your town has a scale of 1 inch to 0.25 mile. There are two roads that are 5 inches apart on the map. What is the actual distance between them

Answer 1

1in =.25miles
5in=1.25miles
because all you have to do is multiply .25 by 5
the answer is 1.25

Answer 2

Answer: 1.25 miles

Explanation:

It is given that a map of a town has a scale of 1 inch to 0.25 mile.

Since it is a directly proportional relation between the distance on map to the actual distance.

There are two roads that are 5 inches apart on the map, then to calculate the actual distance multiply 0.25 to 5 , we get

The actual distance between the two roads=
`0.25*5=1.25\ miles`

Hence, the actual distance between the two roads is 1.25 miles.