SOLUTION: Two cities on a map are 5.5 inches apart. The cities are actually 198 milles apart. What was the scale used to draw the map?
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Question 67201: Two cities on a map are 5.5 inches apart. The cities are actually 198 milles apart. What was the scale used to draw the map?
Answer by 303795(602) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5.5 inches represent 198 miles so
1 inch represents 198/5.5 miles = 36 miles
1 inch represents 36 * 5280 feet = 190080 feet
1 inch represents 190080 * 12 inches = 2280960 inches
So the map scale is 1:2280960
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