keeping in mind that a year has 12 months, thus 6 months is really 6/12 of a year.

To simplify fractions, all you have to do is divide both the numerator and the denominator by the greatest common factor of both integers.
In this case, the greatest common factor of 2 and 10 is 2.
2/2=1
10/2=5
So, 2/10 in its simplest form is 1/5.
Given:
On a map to cities are about 50 mm apart.
Scale is 1 cm equals 15.5 miles.
To find:
The distance between two cities.
Step-by-step explanation:
We have,
1 cm = 15.5 miles
It means
10 mm = 15.5 miles [1 cm = 10 mm]
Now,
10 mm on a map = 15.5 miles
1 mm on a map =
miles
= 1.55 miles
50 mm on a map = 50 × 1.55 miles
= 77.5
Therefore, the two cities are 77.5 miles apart.