A linen service is delivering clean tablecloths to restaurants on its list of clients. A delivery is made to a restaurant in Hillsdale and then another in Oakdale. On a map, these two are 6 inches apart; in real life, the distance is 28 miles. What is the scale of the map?
To find the scale of the map, we need to calculate the ratio of the distance on the map to the actual distance in real life.
Let's set up a proportion to solve for the scale:
(inches on the map)/(actual distance) = (inches on the map)/(actual distance)
Let x be the scale of the map, measured in inches/mile.
(6 inches)/(28 miles) = x
Simplifying the proportion, we get:
x = (6 inches)/(28 miles)
Now, we can calculate the value of x:
x ≈ 0.214 inches/mile
Therefore, the scale of the map is approximately 0.214 inches/mile.