The scale of a map is 1 : 25 000

On the map, the distance between two railway stations is 22 cm.

Work out the real distance between the two railway stations.

Give your answer in kilometres.

Answer: 5.5km

Step-by-step explanation:

The scale given 1 : 25 000, and it was said that on the map, the distance between two railway stations is 22 cm, this means that the scale of the map is 1: 25000 cm.

The scale 1 : 25 000 means that each centimeters on the map represent 25,000 in real life, therefore, to calculate the real distance between the two railway station, we have

25,000 X 22

= 550000 cm

To convert this to km

Recall that

1 km = 100,000 cm

Therefore we will divide the answer by 100,000, that is

550000/100000

= 5.5 km

Therefore, the real distance between the two railway stations is 5.5km