Question

Tameka uses a scale of 1 inch to 265 feet to draw a map of her favorite bike path. On Tameka's map, the bike path's length is 23.25 inches.

What is the exact length of the actual bike path?
Enter your answer in the box.
_____ ft

Answer 1

x=6161.25 ft..?

Explanation:

Answer 2

We can solve this by setting up a proportion:

1 in/265 ft=23.25 in/ x ft

We can solve for x by cross multiplying:

(1)(x)=(265)(23.25)
x=6161.25 ft