SOLUTION: The distance between two towns on a map is 6 cm. The actual distance between two towns is 48 ikm. What is the scale on the map?
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Question 569751: The distance between two towns on a map is 6 cm. The actual distance between two towns is 48 ikm. What is the scale on the map?
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, Alan3354:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The scale would be in 1 cm = km
The scale is 1 cm = 8 km
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The distance between two towns on a map is 6 cm. The actual distance between two towns is 48 ikm. What is the scale on the map?
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6 cm to 48 km = 6 cm to 4800000 cm
Scale is 1:800,000
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