Question

Carter is an election officer. On election day, he travels from his home to the polling place, which appears 8 inches away on a map of the county. What is the actual distance between Carter's home and the polling place if the scale of the map is 2 inches = 0.9 miles?

Answer 1

3.6 miles

Explanation:

since his house is 8 inches away and 2 inches =0.9miles

we just need to multiply. Divide 8 by 2 .

4× 9 = 36 so just add the decimal

0.9× 4= 3.6 miles