SOLUTION: If one inch on a map of Texas is 55 miles how many inches would the length of Texas (790 miles) be on the map. round to the nearest tenth of an inch I got: 790*55=43450/12=3

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Question 1026986: If one inch on a map of Texas is 55 miles how many inches would the length of Texas (790 miles) be on the map. round to the nearest tenth of an inch
I got:
790*55=43450/12=3620.833=3620.9in
Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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1 inch on the map is equal to 55 miles in the real world.

set up a ratio.

1 inch on the map divided by 55 miles in the real world = x inches on the map divided by y miles in the real world.

the ratio becomes 1/55 = x/y.

when y = 790, this ratio becomes 1/55 = x/790

solve for x to get x = 790 / 55 = 14.3636363636... inches on the map.