document.write( "Question 1133626: A town map has a scale of 1:45,000. \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "b). How long, in reality, is a road that measures 5.4 cm on the map? \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "A town map has a scale of \"1%3A45000\". =>1143
\n" ); document.write( "a). A street in this town is \"850m\" long. How long is that street on this map? Round to the nearest tenth. \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "distance on the map is measured in cm
\n" ); document.write( "\"850m=85000cm\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"85000cm%281%2F45000%29=1.889+cm\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"85000cm%281%2F45000%29=1.9+cm\"
\n" ); document.write( "Distance on the map: \"1.9cm\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "b). How long, in reality, is a road that measures \"5.4cm\" on the map? \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%281%2F45000%29=5.4+cm\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=45000%2A5.4+cm\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=243000+cm\"....convert to meters\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=%28243000%2F100%29+m\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=2430m\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "a road that measures \"5.4cm\" on the map, in reality is \"2430m\" long \r
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