A map of Alberta has a scale of 1:1 500 000. On the map, the distance between Calgary and Banff is 2 5/8 inches. What is the distance between these two cities to the nearest mile?

Answer 1

the scale means
1 inch ---> 1,500,000 inches
2.625 inches = 2.625(1500000) inches
= 3937500 inches
= 328125 ft
= 62.14 miles or appr 62 miles

Tell your teacher that schools in Canada have been using the metric system since the 70's and to get rid of those old textbooks.