Question

There is an animal at the Toledo Zoo that needs to be transported to the Cincinnati Zoo. The distance between the two cities on the map is 12.2 cm. Using the scale on the map below, how many miles apart are the two cities? Show how you set up the proportion and your calculations
(scale is 50 miles = 3 cm)

Answer 1

(actual mi) / (map cm) = (scale mi) / (scale cm)

Answer 2

(actual mi) / (map cm) = (scale mi) / (scale cm)

x / 12.52 = 50 / 3

Cross multiply and solve for x.

Answer 3

Geesh

x/12.2 = 50/3
solve for x

or, 12.2cm is appr 4 times the 3 cm
so the distance should be appr 4 times 50 or 200 miles.

Did you come close to that for x ?

Answer 4

d = 50mi/3cm * 12.2cm = 203.3 miles.

Answer 5

thank all of you