Max makes a scale drawing of distance between Salt Lake City and Arizona. The distance between Salt Lake City and Arizona is 24.8 cm. If each 7 cm on the scale drawing equals 250 miles, how far apart are the Salt Lake City and Arizona? Please Give answer if you know it
24.8 / 7 = 3.5428571
3.5428571 * 250 = _______ miles
To find the actual distance between Salt Lake City and Arizona, we can use the scale given in the problem. According to the problem, each 7 cm on the scale drawing represents 250 miles.
First, we need to find how many sets of 7 cm make up the 24.8 cm scale drawing. We can do this by dividing 24.8 cm by 7 cm:
24.8 cm ÷ 7 cm = 3.54
Since we cannot have a fraction of a set of 7 cm, we can round the answer to the nearest whole number. In this case, 3.54 rounds to 4.
So, based on the scale drawing, there are 4 sets of 7 cm.
Now, we can find the actual distance between Salt Lake City and Arizona by multiplying the number of sets of 7 cm by the number of miles each 7 cm represents:
4 sets x 250 miles/set = 1000 miles
Therefore, the actual distance between Salt Lake City and Arizona is 1000 miles.