Question 227887
Scale of the map is 1:50,000


Unless otherwise specified, this is usually a linear measurement.


if it's 1 cm, then real life would be 50,000 cm.


1cm * 1 cm = 1 cm^2 on the map.


50,000 cm * 50,000 cm = 2,500,000,000 cm^2 in real life.


What you would get is 1 cm^2 on the map equals 2,500,000,000 cm^2 in real life.


This means that a farm with an area of 6 cm^2 on the map would be equivalent to a farm with an area of 6*2,500,000,000 cm^2 in real life which would be equal to 15,000,000,000 cm^2 in real life.


Now 1 centimeter = 1/100 of a meter = .01 meter.


1 cm * 1 cm = 1 cm^2


.01 m * .01 m = .0001 m^2


You have 1 cm^2 = .0001 m^2


15,000,000,000 cm^2 * .0001 = 1,500,000 m^2


Since 1 hectare = 10,000 m^2, this means that 1 m^2 = 1/10,000 of a hectare = .0001 hectares.


1,500,000 m^2 * .0001 = 150 hectares.


I believe your answer will be 150 hectares. *****************************


The arithmetic looks good.


If the scale of the map means what I think it does, then these measurements should be good and he area of the farm in hectares should be 150.