A map of the city of Memphis has a representative fraction of 1:24,000. If you measured a map distance of 5.0 inches between road intersections, how far apart are the intersections in actuality

Respuesta :

The actual distance between the road intersections is 120000 inches.

Scaling

Scaling is the process in which the size of a figure or object is either increased or decreased by a factor k so as to create an image.

Let y represent the size in actuality and x represent the size in the map. Given that the scale used is 1:24000.

Hence for a map size of 5 inches:

y = 1/(1/24000) * 5 = 24000 * 5 = 120000 inches

The actual distance between the road intersections is 120000 inches.

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