Question

You are given a map that is 1:500,000 scale. City A and City B on the map are 3 inches apart. How many miles apart are they in the real world? (precision to nearest tenth) Show your work.

Answer 1

City A and City B are 23.674 miles apart, based on 1:500,000 scale map.

Step-by-step explanation:

One inch in 1:500,000 scale map is 7.891 inches in the real world. Since we have two cities which are 3 inches apart in the map, their real distance is exactly 23.674 miles.

Scale 1:500,000 means that 1 inch in the map is equal to 500,000 inches in the real world.