Question

The distance between town a and town b on a Map is 14.6cm. If the scale is 1cm=14miles, what is the actual distance between towns

Answer 1

204.4 miles

Explanation:

Given data

we are told that on the map the distance is 14.6cm

scale

1cm=14miles

hence if

1cm represents 14miles

then 14.6 cm will be x

cross multiply

x= 14.6*14

x=204.4 miles

Hence the distance is 204.4 miles