Question

Levi 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. If the map uses a scale of 2 inches : 1mile, how far apart are Levi's home and the polling place in real life?miles

Answer 1

It is given that the distance on the map is 8 inches.

It is also given that the map uses a scale of 2 inches=1 mile.

Hence the actual distance is given by:

$\frac{8}{2}=4\text{ miles}$

The distance in real life is 4 miles.