SOLUTION: If a scale of a map is 1/3 inch equals one mile, how long is a straight road that is one and one-half inches on the map?

SOLUTION: If a scale of a map is 1/3 inch equals one mile, how long is a straight road that is one and one-half inches on the map?

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Question 259823: If a scale of a map is 1/3 inch equals one mile, how long is a straight road that is one and one-half inches on the map?
Answer by drk(1908) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
create a proportion like this:
{{(1/3)/1 = (3/2) / x}}}
cross multiply to get

multiply by 3 to get

So, we have 4.5 miles
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