Question

Samantha drove to her mom’s house (Point A) to drop off a present. The map shown below has a scale of 1 inch to 45 miles. She then drove to her brother’s house (Point B). What is the actual distance, in miles, from point A to point B?

a) 90 miles
b) 135 miles
c) 45 miles
d) 67.5 miles

Answer 1

Using the given scale of 1 inch to 45 miles, if the map distance between Point A and Point B is 2 inches, the actual distance is calculated as 2 inches multiplied by 45 miles per inch, resulting in an actual distance of 90 miles.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the actual distance from Point A to Point B based on a map scale, we need to use the map scale as a conversion factor. The scale given is 1 inch = 45 miles. If Samantha measured the distance on the map between Point A and Point B and found it to be 2 inches, we would then multiply the number of inches by the scale factor to find the actual distance:

2 inches × 45 miles/inch = 90 miles

Therefore, the actual distance from Point A to Point B is 90 miles.