Answer:
(d) 1 mile = 10 blocks
Step-by-step explanation:
The ballpark is 8 blocks west and 15 blocks north of Jeff's home. The Pythagorean theorem tells us the straight-line distance is ...
d² = 8² +15² = 64 +225 = 289
d = √289 = 17 . . . blocks
The problem tells us this represents 1.7 miles, so the proportion is ...
blocks/miles = 17 blocks/(1.7 miles) = 10 blocks/mile
The map scale is 1 mile = 10 blocks.
