Question

The area of the Mojave desert is 25,000 square miles. A scale drawing of the Mojave

desert has an area of 10 square inches. What is the scale of the map?

Answer 1

Answer:Given that the area of the mojave desert is 25,000 square miles and a scale drawing of the mojave desert has an area of 10 square inches.

The scale of the map is given by

Therefore, the scale of the drawing is 50 : 1.

Explanation: