Question

Marshall is looking at the key on a map. According to the key, 1 inch = 24 miles. Marshall measures the

distance between 2 cities on the map and discovers they are 11.5 inches apart. How many miles apart are the two cities?

A. 276 miles apart
B. 210 miles apart
C. 249 miles apart
D. 294 miles apart

Answer 1

A. 276 miles apart

Explanation:

We have the information that if two cities are 1 inch apart then the distance between them is 24 miles.

If it is 11.5 inches apart, then we should multiply the 24 miles per inch by 11.5

24 miles / 1 inch

(24 miles / 1 inch) * 11.5 inches

Inches cancel so you are left with

24 * 11.5 = 276 miles