The distance between two cities on a map is 4 inches. The actual distance between the two cities is 24 miles.

What is the scale used on the map?
If the scale on a different map of the same area is inch = 1 mile, how many inches separate the same two cities?

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To find the scale used on the map, we can set up a proportion using the given information:

Let x be the scale used on the map (in inches per mile).

The proportion can be set up as follows:

4 inches / 24 miles = x inches / 1 mile

To solve for x, we can cross-multiply and then divide:

4 * 1 = 24 * x
4 = 24x
x = 4/24
x = 1/6

Therefore, the scale used on the map is 1 inch = 6 miles.

Now, let's use this scale to find out how many inches separate the same two cities on the different map, where the scale is inch = 1 mile.

Since the scale on this new map is inch = 1 mile, we can set up a proportion using the known scale:

1 inch / 1 mile = y inches / 24 miles

To solve for y, we can cross-multiply and then divide:

1 * 24 = y * 1
24 = y
y = 24

Therefore, on the new map where the scale is inch = 1 mile, the same two cities are separated by 24 inches.

4/24 = 1/m

4m = 24

m = 6 miles

What do you think the answer to the second question is?