Question

Gabriel went to Los Angeles, California, for the summer to visit his cousins. He used a map of bus routes to get from the airport to his cousin's house. The distance from the airport to his cousin's house is 40 miles. On his map, the distance was 5 inches. What is the scale factor?

Answer 1

Scale factor = 1/8

Explanation:

The formula would be

Number of miles × scale factor = 5 inches

Number of miles = 40 miles

Hence,

40 miles × scale factor = 5 inches

Scale factor = 5/40

Scale factor = 1/8