Question

On a map, the distance between two towns is 2.5 inches, and 1 inch represents 6 miles. What is the actual distance between the towns?

Answer 1

Well if 1 inch equals 6 miles then that 2.5 equals 15 miles. first you do 6 times 2 and you get 12 but then sense theres half an inch left you would see what half of 6 is sense one inch equals 6 miles and half of 6 miles is 3 miles. and your left with 15 miles. Hope I helped. ♥

Answer 2

The 2.5 inches is equal to 15 miles.

Conversion

One unit to another unit.

Given

Distance between the two towns is 2.5 inches

How to calculate the actual distance?

$\begin{aligned} \rm 1\ inch &= 6\ miles \\2.5\ inches &= 2.5*6\ miles\\2.5\ inches &= 15\ miles\end{aligned}$

Thus, the 2.5 inches is equal to 15 miles.

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