Question

In Fairfax, the hospital does not have an emergency room for badly injured patients. Patientswith serious injuries are taken to the emergency room in Somerville, 8.8 miles away. How farapart are the hospital in Fairfax and the emergency room in Somerville on a map with a scaleof 1 inch = 4.4 miles??=inchesinches

Answer 1

It is given that the actual distance between the hospital and the emergency room is 8.8 miles.

On the map the scale is 1 inch=4.4 miles so it follows that the distance on the map will be:

$\frac{8.8}{4.4}=2\text{ inches}$

Hence the distance on the map is 2 inches.