Question

Harper knows he is 50 yards from school. The map on his phone shows that the school is 34 inch from his current location. How far is Harper from home, if the map shows the distance as 3 inches? Enter your answer in the box.

Answer 1

To solve this problem you must apply the proccedure shown below:

1. We know that 1 yard is 36 inches, therefore, 50 yards expressed in inches is:

$(50)(36)=1800in$

2. If he is 50 yards from school and the map shows that the school is 34 inches from his current location, when it shows 3 inches the real distance is:

$\frac{(1800in)(3in)}{34in}=158.82in$

3. If you can to express it in yards:

$\frac{158.82}{36} =4.41 yd$

Therefore, the answer is: 158.82 inches or 4.41 yards.

Answer 2

Actual distance of the Harper from the school = 50 yards.

According to map the distance from the school = 34 inch.

We could say 34 inches represents 50 yards.

So, 1 inches could be represented by 50/34 = 25/17 yards.

In order to find the actual length of 3 inches in yards, we need to multiply 1 inches value of yards by 3.

Therefore, 3 inches = 3* 25/17 = 75/17 = 4 7/17 yeards in decimals 4.412 yards approximately.

Therefore,  Harper from home is  4 7/17 yeards or 4.412 yards approximately if the map shows the distance as 3 inches.