Question

Geography A map has a scale of 1 in. 10 mi. Find the distance on the map between two cities that lie 147 miles apart. Show your work.

Answer 1

The scale of the map is 1 inch to 10 miles. This means that 1 inch on the map represents 10 miles.

In this case, since the two cities are 147 miles apart, what we need to do is divide 147 by 10 miles (because 1 inch represents 10 miles), to find the number of inches that this will represent on the map:

`147miles*(\frac{1\text{inch}}{10\text{miles}})=(147)/(10)\text{inch}=14.7\text{inch}`

The distance on the map between the cities is 14.7 in