Question

On a map, the distance between cities Atlanta,Georgia, and Nashville, Tennessee,is 12.5 feet. The actual distance between these two cities is 250 miles. What is the scale?

Answer 1

@ryan123345

Answer 2

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 3

@Zelda

Answer 4

Is it 0.05?

Answer 5

Hint: Simplify the ratio

12.5 : 250

you may also want to convert to inches

Answer 6

hmmm.

Answer 7

let me try,

Answer 8

i got 0.05 by dividing 12.5/250

Answer 9

divide the other way around

Answer 10

oh.

Answer 11

lets see,

Answer 12

the scale basically tells you which number to multiply the first number by to get the second

Answer 13

20.

Answer 14

eg: 1 to 50 has a scale of 50

Answer 15

Oh. But here I am not given the scale

Answer 16

I am told to find it.

Answer 17

yes you divide the larger number by the smaller to get it

Answer 18

oh. ok!

Answer 19

every time?

Answer 20

well if you're going from a large real world object to some scaled down version, then yes

Answer 21

oh. ok.

Answer 22

if from a scale to a real one viceversa?

Answer 23

it could easily work in reverse though (say you want to blow up an image)

Answer 24

like, a model or drawing to a house?

Answer 25

ex: a scale model of a DNA molecule

Answer 26

okay.

Answer 27

thanks

Answer 28

a large scale implies you're going from small to big (scale to real)

a small scale implies you're going from big to small (scale to real)

Answer 29

thank u..

Answer 30

np