Tim and Sarah Worker are planning a hiking trip. They are using a map with the scale of 1:50,000. This means for every unit on the map there are 50,000 units in the real world (1 inch : 50,000 inches). The distance they plan to hike is six inches on the map. How many miles will their hike be? 4.73 2.73

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Noel Wilkerson

28 April, 05:55

Tim and Sarah Worker are planning a hiking trip. They are using a map with the scale of 1:50,000. This means for every unit on the map there are 50,000 units in the real world (1 inch : 50,000 inches). The distance they plan to hike is six inches on the map. How many miles will their hike be? 4.73 2.73

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Lorenzo Dean · Answer 1

So real is 50000 times of the measured

so 6 inches turns to 6 times 50000=300000 inches

hoa many inches are ina mile

5280ft=1mile

12inches pe foot

5280 times 12=63360 inches

measured/inches per mile=miles

300000/63360=4.7348 ...

the one is listed as an ooption, 4.73 is the answer

Makaila Merritt · Answer 2

1 / 50000 = 6/x

cross multiply

(1) (x) = (50000) (6)

x = 300000 inches = 8333.33 yds = 4.73 miles