document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1171772>Question 1171772</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a piece of land was plotted on a map having scale 1:20000. its area on this map = 100 cm2 what would be the area on the map having a scale 1:100 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #796750 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=796750\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The scale is decreased by a factor of 200<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The area is increased by a factor of 40000, 200^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This would be 4,000,000 cm2.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose the land were a square 10 cm on a side on the map<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10 cm on a scale of 1:20000 is 200,000 cm or 2 km actual<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the actual land is 4 km^2.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To get 4 km^2 on 1:100 scale, the side has to be 2 km and at 1:100 scale that is 20 m, so the map area would be 400 m^2 or 400m^2*100cm/m*100 cm/m=4,000,000 cm^2<BR>\n" );
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