The scale on a road map is 1 cm equals 500 miles. If the distance on the map between New York and Memphis is 2.2 cm what is the actual distance between the two cities?

The distance between New York and Memphis is 1,100 miles.

Step-by-step explanation:

Key: 1cm = 500 miles.

We need to find the distance that 2.2 * 500 holds.

So we know that 500 * 2 = 1000, so what does. 2 * 500 equal?

It's simple. All we need to do is multiply. 2 by 500.

Dividing by. 2 is like dividing by 5. So, 500 : 5 = 100.

All in all, we need to add 1000, (2) and 100, (.2) to get 1,100 miles.

The distance between New York and Memphis is 1,100 miles.