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29 September, 23:04

The scale on a map is 1:500000

Two towns are 7cm apart on the map

work out the actual distance between the map

Give your answer in kilometres

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  1. 29 September, 23:13
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    1:500000

    it mean:

    1cm : 500000 cm

    (500000*7) cm = 3500000 cm (real distance between the two towns, in cm)

    if

    1 Km = 100000 cm

    3500000 / 100000 = 35 Km (real distance between the two towns, in Km)
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