SOLUTION: on a road map with a scale of 1/4 inch per 10 miles, the highway from Waukee to Winterset is 1 3/8 inches long. How may miles long is this highway?
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Question 49865: on a road map with a scale of 1/4 inch per 10 miles, the highway from Waukee to Winterset is 1 3/8 inches long. How may miles long is this highway?
thank you very much for helping me i have tried but i have forgoten how to work out this problem. Answer by stanbon(48522) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! (1 3/8)/(1/4)
=(11/8)/(1/4)
=(11/8)*(4/1)
=11/2
So, 11/2 is the number of times 1 3/8 contains 1/4.
Multiply 11/2 by 10 to get the number of miles you seek.
11/2 * 10 = 55 miles
Cheers,
Stan H.
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