Question

A map is drawn using the scale 2cm: 100miles. On the map, Town B, is 3.5 cm from Town A and Town C is 2 cm past Town B. How many miles apart are Town A and Town C

Answer 1

From the question, town B is 3.5cm from town A and town C is 2cm from town B. Therefore C is 5.5 cm from town A.

The scale is 2cm for every 100miles. This means 1cm for every 50 miles.

You get this by dividing 100 by 2.

Now 5.5 cm becomes 5.5 x 50 miles = 275miles.

So town A and town C are 275 miles apart