Question

A distance of 12km is represented by a length of 4cm on a map.Given that the scale of the map is 1:n,find the a)value of n b)actual area in hectares of a field on the map with an area of 32cm^2

Answer 1

4cm/12km=1cm/nkm or
n=3km
area: 1cm^2=9km^2=900 hectacres

Answer 2

Am not really getting the last part

Answer 3

scale:
4 cm : 12 km
4 cm : 12000 m
4 cm : 1200000 cm
1 : 300,000 <----- scale without units

for that scale:
1 cm : 3,000 m
1 cm^2 : 9,000,000 m^2
32 cm^2 : 288,000,000 m^2
we know 1 hectare = 100 m by 100 m or 10,000 m^2
so 288,000,000 m^2 = 288,000,000/10,000 hectares
= 28,800 hectares

Answer 4

To understand maath