1cm ----> 6 000 000 cm
8.7 cm --->52,200,000 cm = 522 km
we could use this result and a proportion to find the second part
8.7/522 = x/248
522x = 2157.6
x = 62/15 or appr 4.13 cm
the scale of a mao is 1:6000000
a) the distance between 2 towns on the map is 8.7cm. what is the actual distance?
1 cm on the map repersents cm of the actual distance
the actual distance between the two towns is
x cm= cm= km
b) the distance between 2 other towns is 248km. What is the distance on the map?
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