Question

A map has the scale 1cm:40mi. What is the distance between two towns that are 3.3cm apart on the map?

Answer 1

132 miles

Explanation:

Given data

scale 1cm:40mi.

this means that

1 cm on the map is equal to 40 miles on

Hence if 1cm rep 40 miles

3.3cm will rep x

cross multiply

x= 3.3*40

x=132 miles