Question

Barry’s pet turtle, Turtlelini, escaped from his backyard. Barry found Turtlelini by the creek and wanted to determine how far Turtlelini had walked. On the map, Barry’s house is 0.6 inch from the creek. If the scale on the map shows that 1.5 inches are equivalent to 0.8 mile, how far did Turtlelini walk, to the nearest tenth of a mile?
0.3 mile
0.5 mile
1.1 miles
1.3 miles

Answer 1

Scale factor: 0.8 mile per 1.5 in. So 0.6 in corresponds to 0.6*(0.8/1.5) = 0.32 mile, which rounded to the nearest tenth is 0.3 mile. Answer: 0.3 mile.