Question

Tim and Sarah Worker are planning a hiking trip. They are using a map with the scale of 1:50,000. This means for every unit on the map there are 50,000 units in the real world (1 inch : 50,000 inches). The distance they plan to hike is six inches on the map. How many miles will their hike be? 4.73 2.73

Answer 1

1 / 50000 = 6/x
cross multiply
(1)(x) = (50000)(6)
x = 300000 inches = 8333.33 yds = 4.73 miles

Answer 2

so real is 50000 times of the measured
so 6 inches turns to 6 times 50000=300000 inches

hoa many inches are ina mile


5280ft=1mile
12inches pe foot
5280 times 12=63360 inches

measured/inches per mile=miles
300000/63360=4.7348...

the one is listed as an ooption, 4.73 is the answer