Question

2. A map of a park has a scale of 1 inch to 1,000 feet. Another map of the same park has

a scale of 1 inch to 500 feet. Which map is larger? Explain or show your reasoning.
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Answer 1

The map that has a scale of 1 inch to 500 feet must be larger in size

Explanation:

Since both maps represent the ame park area, the map that show more detail using 1 inch for every 500 feet, must be larger in size. notice that in order to represent 1000 feet this map needs to use 2 inches, while the other one uses only 1 inch of paper.