If janet walks 1.5km on Monday night. how many cm is the route on the map on a scale of 1:20,000 in cm



what is asked in the problem

     How many centimeter is the route on a map



Given:



 Scale = 1:20,000 cm



 Janet walks 1.5km



Representation

    Let x = janet walk in cm



Equation:



          1 km          1.5 km

       __________   =  ________

       20,000 cm          x



 

Cross multiply



         x = 1.5 (20,000)

           = 30,000 cm



Therefore 1.5km = 30,000 cm

        

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