A town planner is using a map of a town centre with a scale of 1: 1250
A new section of road will be 180 cm. How long will it be on the map? Give your answers in centimetres.
how do i work this ouit?
Please check your figures and the wording of your problem. The section of road in real life wouldn't be 180 cm -- that's just a little less than 2 meters.
yh sorry it should be 180 metres
set up a simple ratio
1/1250 = x/18000
x=14.4 cm
(a,b),(c,d)