Question

Mortanville and Newton are 24 miles apart. On a map the two cities are 3 inches apart. What is the map scale?

Answer 1

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

We can write a relationship from the information in the problem as:

`3" in" = 24" mi"`

Now, we can divide both sides of the equation by `color(red)(3)`:

`(3" in")/color(red)(3) = (24" mi")/color(red)(3)`

`1" in" = 8" mi"`

The map scale is: 1 in:8 mi