e actually 1500 miles apart?
To solve this question, we first need to determine the scale of the map, which we can calculate using the given information.
The map scale is defined as the ratio of the actual distance to the map distance. So, considering the real-world distance between Phoenix and Reno is 768 miles, and on the map, these cities are 2.4 inches apart, the map scale can be calculated as:
map_scale = real_distance_phx_rno / map_distance_phx_rno
map_scale = 768 miles / 2.4 inches
map_scale = 320 miles/inch
So, our map scale is 320 miles/inch. This means that for every inch on the map, it represents 320 miles in the real world.
The second part of the question asks us to find the map distance between two other cities that are 1500 miles apart in the real world.
Since our map scale is 320 miles/inch, we can translate the real distance between these two cities into the map distance, using the same scale.
To do this, we can divide the real-world distance by the map scale, like this:
map_distance_other_cities = real_distance_other_cities / map_scale
map_distance_other_cities = 1500 miles / 320 miles/inch
map_distance_other_cities = 4.6875 inches
So, on the map, the distance between the two cities that are 1500 miles apart in the real world would be approximately 4.69 inches.