Question

the distance between Spice island and Kay island is 3.4 inches on the map. If the scale on the map is 1 inch = 25 miles, what is the actual distance between the two islands?

Answer 1

One inch equals 25 miles
Two inches equals fifty miles
Three inches equals seventy five miles
Four inches equals one hundred miles

.1 inches equals 2.5 miles
.4 inches equals 10 miles

Seventy five miles plus ten miles equals eighty five miles.