SOLUTION: the scale is 5 centimeters = 2 kilometers the actual distance is 10km how do I find the map distance?

SOLUTION: the scale is 5 centimeters = 2 kilometers the actual distance is 10km how do I find the map distance?

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Question 168856: the scale is 5 centimeters = 2 kilometers the actual distance is 10km how do I find the map distance?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We have the following ratio:

5 cm    x cm
---- = -------
2 km    10 km

Start with the given ratio

Multiply both sides by 10

Multiply

Simplify

So our answer is which means that the map distance is 25 cm
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