Question

1/8 inches = 12 miles what is the actual distance between the two cities?

Answer 1

we write the relation

1/8in is 12 miles, how much miles is 4 inches?

`\begin{gathered} (1)/(8)\longrightarrow12 \\ \\ 4\longrightarrow x \end{gathered}`

where x is the number of miles to 4 inches

we can use cross multiplication to find x

multiply diagonal numbers (4 and 12) and dividing between 1/8 we obtain the value of x

`\begin{gathered} x=(4*12)/((1)/(8)) \\ \\ x=6 \end{gathered}`

then the distance between two cities is 6 miles