Question

Need help solving this problem without giving the answer: The Distance on a map between lake view and bay Cove is 4.5 inches. The map key says 0.5 inches on the map is equivalent to 1 mile. What is the actual distance between lake view and bay cove?

Answer 1

In this case, we'll have to carry out several steps to find the solution.

Step 01:

Data:

lake view ===> bay Cove

distance (map) = 4.5 in

map ratio:

0.5 in = 1 mile

Step 02:

real distance:

$\text{real distance = 4.5 in }\cdot\text{ }\frac{1\text{ mile }}{0.5\text{ in}}$

real distance = 9 miles

The answer is:

real distance = 9 miles