Question

A map of B.C. has a scale of 1:2 500 000. The actual distance between Nanaimo and Campbell River is approximately 86 mi. What is this distance on the map? Answer to the nearest sixteenth of an inch.

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Answer 1

86/2,500,000
Reduce fraction to its lowest terms:
= 43/1,250,000
= 0.0000344” or 3.44x10^-5
The nearest 16th of an inch would then essentially be 0.001”