On a map with a scale of 1 : 50000, two towns are 4 cm apart. What is the real distance between them?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. 2 km
- Step 1: 1 cm on the map is 50000 cm on the ground.
- Step 2: 4 x 50000 = 200000 cm = 2 km.
Answer
2 km.
Why not the others: 2000 km: the distance was converted from centimetres to metres instead of kilometres. 0.08 km: the scale was inverted. 20 km: the decimal point is misplaced.
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