Answer: 1.25 miles
Step-by-step explanation:
It is given that a map of a town has a scale of 1 inch to 0.25 mile.
Since it is a directly proportional relation between the distance on map to the actual distance.
There are two roads that are 5 inches apart on the map, then to calculate the actual distance multiply 0.25 to 5 , we get
The actual distance between the two roads=[tex]0.25\times5=1.25\ miles[/tex]
Hence, the actual distance between the two roads is 1.25 miles.
