Question

FOR 99 POINTS

On a United States map, the scale is 1 inch to 500 miles. If it is about 2,500 miles from San Francisco to New York, what is that distance on the map?

A) 5 in.
B) 10 in.
C) 125 in.
D)4.5 in.

Answer 1

the answer would be 5.

Here is why

Your Key is: 1in=500 miles

You add 500 miles for every one inch there is.

1=500,2=1000,3=1500,4=2000,5=2,500

So your answer is D

Answer 2

Set up multiplication/division to introduce units you need and to cancel out those that you do not need for your answer...

2500mi(in/500mi)=5in