Question

Two maps are made of a park. The scale from the park to map A is 30 mi to 6 cm. The length of Great Oaks Trail is 4.5 cm on map A. The scale from the same park to map B is 24 mi to 3 cm. The length of Salamander Trail is 3.5 cm on map B. 1. What is the actual length (in miles) of Salamander Trail?

Answer 1

The actual length of Salamander Trail is 28 miles

Explanation:

Here, we want to calculate the actual length of salamander trail.

From the question, we are told that a a distance of 3cm on the map B is 24 miles in the park

So now, we have length of 3.5 cm and we want to calculate what is the actual length in miles

From the question on map B;

3 cm = 24 miles

so

3.5 cm = x miles

x * 3 = 24 * 3.5

x = (24 * 3.5)/3

x = 8 * 3.5 = 28 miles