Question

Please help will mark Brianlist

On the map, the grocery store is 2 inches away from the library.
The actual distance is 1.5 miles.
The same map shows that the
movie theater is 20 inches from the school.
What is the actual distance from the movie theater to the school, rounded to the nearest mile?
15
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30
60

Answer 1

15

Explanation:

if we setup the problem

2 inches 20 inches

1.5 miles X miles

then we look at how we got from 2 to 20...... we multiplied 2 by 10

then we multiply 1.5 by ten to get 15

Answer 2

Use proportions to help you figure this out. 2/20 = 1.5/x

If 20 is 10 times 2, then x should be 10 times 1.5.

Therefore x = 15.

The actual distance from the movie theater to the school is 15 miles.

Hope that helped you.

-Rin:)