A linen service is delivering clean tablecloths to restaurants on its list of clients. A delivery is made to a restaurant in Hillsdale and then another in Oakdale. On a map, these two are 6 inches apart; in real life, the distance is 28 miles. What is the scale of the map?

Answer 1

To find the scale of the map, we need to calculate the ratio of the distance on the map to the actual distance in real life.

Let's set up a proportion to solve for the scale:

(inches on the map)/(actual distance) = (inches on the map)/(actual distance)

Let x be the scale of the map, measured in inches/mile.

(6 inches)/(28 miles) = x

Simplifying the proportion, we get:

x = (6 inches)/(28 miles)

Now, we can calculate the value of x:

x ≈ 0.214 inches/mile

Therefore, the scale of the map is approximately 0.214 inches/mile.