Question

Note: Enter your answer and show all the steps that you use to solve this problem in the space provided. The distance between Milltown and Summerville is 3 inches on a map. If the map scale is 1 inch = 20 miles, what is the actual distance between the towns?

Answer 1

Answer:

60 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

Distance of Milltown and Summerville is 3 inches (on map)

We know each inch is 20 miles in reality, so 3 inches would be 20 times 3.

Thus, Actual distance = 3 * 20 = 60 miles