Question

The driving distance from Atlanta to Augusta is 1,300 miles. This is represented on a map by a line 6.5 centimeters long. On the same map, the distance from Atlanta, Georgia, to Birmingham, Alabama, is represented by a line 0.75 centimeters long. What is the actual distance from Atlanta to Birmingham

Answer 1

\[\frac{1300}{6.5}=\frac{x}{.75}\]
\[x=\frac{.75\times 1300}{6.5}\] and a calculator