The distance between hilltop and valleyfloor is 1 1/2 inches if the map uses a scale of 1/4 inch to represent 1 mile what is the distance between hilltop and valleyfloor

1 1/2 inches = 3/2 inches ... x miles = ?

1/4 inch ... 1 mile

If you would like to know what is the distance between Hilltop and Valleyfloor, you can calculate this using the following steps:

3/2 * 1 = x * 1/4

3/2 = x * 1/4 / * 4

x = 3/2 * 4

x = 6 miles

The correct result would be 6 miles.

1 in has four 1/4 inches. So if its 1 1/2. It would be 6 miles.