Amap shows the town where niko lives. the actual distance from niko's house to his school is 3 miles and measures one-half inch on the map. the actual distance from niko's school to the library is 4 miles. how long is this distance on the map?

inches

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a scale problem.

The scale given is 3 miles (actual) = 1/2 inch (map)

Let's make this into 1 inches, so simplification.

If 3 mile = 1/2 inches, so that would make 6 miles = 1 inches.

Now, if 6 mi = 1 inch, how much would 4 miles be??

Let's set up a ratio and solve [let distance (in) of school to library be "x"]:

Now, we cross multiply and solve:

Thus, distance on map would be   inches

start with a line segment pq that we will copy. mark a point r that will be one endpoint of the new line segment. set the compasses' point on the point p of the line segment to be copied. adjust the compasses' width to the point q. the compasses' width is now equal to the length of the line segment pq.

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