This question is wrong .Neither 1 inch is equal to 100 miles nor 200 miles .the relation between
inch and miles is as follows .
1 inch =1.578 X 10 -5.
The map where 1 inch equals 100 miles
100 miles
100 miles
200 miles has a smaller scale than 100 miles on an inch
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1 inch equals 100 miles would be the smaller scale, as 1 inch on the map would be a plot of 100 miles of terrain, as opposed to 200 miles of terrain.
200 because it would have more miles in the inch than 100 miles.
The smaller scale map is the 1 inch to 200 miles. The smaller the ratio (1:100, 1:200 etc) the larger the scale, and the more detail is in the map.
A map with 2000 miles per inch would cram more things into the inch than one that uses 1 inch for 1000 miles. So the map with the scale of 1 inch for 1000 miles would show more detail.
100 miles
250/100 = 2.5 Therefore, if one inch equals 100 miles, 250 miles is represented by 2.5 inches.
The map that is 1 inche equals 100 miles