document.write( "Question 72730: 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 \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "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\r
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document.write( "     How many centimeter is the route on a map\r
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document.write( "Given:\r
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document.write( " Scale = 1:20,000 cm\r
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document.write( " Janet walks 1.5km\r
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document.write( "Representation
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document.write( "    Let x = janet walk in cm\r
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document.write( "Equation:\r
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document.write( "          1 km          1.5 km
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document.write( "       __________   =  ________
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document.write( "       20,000 cm          x\r
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document.write( "Cross multiply\r
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document.write( "         x = 1.5 (20,000)
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document.write( "           = 30,000 cm\r
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document.write( "Therefore 1.5km = 30,000 cm
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