Asked by alex

The distance between the elementary school and the middle school is 4 miles. On the map, the two locations are One-half inch apart. What is the scale of the map?
1 inch = 8 miles
1 inch = StartFraction 1 over 8 EndFraction mile
One-half inch = 1 mile
4 inches = 1 mile

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
If 1/2 inch = 4 miles, then 1 inch = 4 ÷ (1/2) = 8 miles.

So the scale is: 1 inch = 8 miles.