document.write( "Question 1205081: A region of a country is represented on a map of scale 1:25,000 by an a area of 11.5cm². Find the area of the region to the nearest hectare? \n" ); document.write( "
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i believe that this scale means that 1 centimeter on the map is equal to 25000 centimeters on the ground.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if the area on the map is equal to 11.5 square cm, then each side of the square is equal to sqrt(11.5) centimeters.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "multiply sqrt(11.5) centimeters by 25000 to get an equivalent 84779.12479 centimeters on the ground.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "square that to get an equivalent 7187500000 square centimeters on the ground.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1 hectare is equal to 10 ^ 8 square centimeters = 100,000,000 square centimeters.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "divide 7187500000 square cm by 10^8 to get 71.875 hectares.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "that would be roughly 72 hectares.\r
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