To find the actual distance in kilometers between two points on the map, we first need to determine the distance on the map.
Since the scale is 1:20000, this means that 1 centimeter on the map represents 20000 centimeters in reality.
Since the two points are 15 cm apart on the map, the distance between them in reality is:
15 cm * 20000 cm = 300000 cm
To convert this distance from centimeters to kilometers, we divide by 100,000 (since there are 100,000 centimeters in a kilometer):
300000 cm รท 100000 = 3 kilometers
Therefore, the actual distance between the two points is 3 kilometers.
a map is drawn to a scale of 1:20000. find the actual distance, in kilometers, between two points which are 15cm apart on the map
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