On a particular road map 1/2 inch represents 18 miles about how many miles apart are 2 towns that are 21/2 inches apart on this map

So if 1/2 = 18 miles, we want to first find how many sets of 1/2 are in 21/2. We can just do this by dividing.

(21/2) / (1/2) = 21

So we know that there are 21 sets of 1/2 in 21/2, and since 1/2 and 18 are equal, we can say we know there are 21 sets of 18.

We can multiply to find this.

21 * 18 = 378

So two towns are 378 miles apart.