What is the distance from Sidon to Bigbe?

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What is the distance from Sidon to Bigbe?

Reading map distances and converting with the map scale is what this question tests. To find how far Sidon is from Bigbe in the real world, you measure the straight-line distance between the two towns on the map and then multiply that measurement by the map’s scale to convert map units to miles. The scale tells you how many miles correspond to each unit on the map (for example, 1 inch on the map might represent 20 miles in reality). When you apply that scale to the measured map distance in this item, the result is 88 miles, so that’s the real-world distance. If the scale were, say, 1 inch equals 22 miles, and the map distance between the towns is 4 inches, you’d get 88 miles (4 × 22). It’s important to use the straight-line distance unless the problem specifies travel or road distance, which would require a different approach.

Reading map distances and converting with the map scale is what this question tests. To find how far Sidon is from Bigbe in the real world, you measure the straight-line distance between the two towns on the map and then multiply that measurement by the map’s scale to convert map units to miles. The scale tells you how many miles correspond to each unit on the map (for example, 1 inch on the map might represent 20 miles in reality). When you apply that scale to the measured map distance in this item, the result is 88 miles, so that’s the real-world distance.

If the scale were, say, 1 inch equals 22 miles, and the map distance between the towns is 4 inches, you’d get 88 miles (4 × 22). It’s important to use the straight-line distance unless the problem specifies travel or road distance, which would require a different approach.

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