Question

Two towns that are 31.5 km apart are 3 cm apart on a map. what is the scale of the map?

Answer 1

The answer would end up being 10.5

Answer 2

1 cm : 10.5 km

Explanation:

We are given that two towns are 31.5 km in real and are 3 cm apart on a map and we are to find the scale of the map.

For this, we can use the ratio method.

`\frac { 3 cm } { 1 c m } = \frac { 3 1 . 5 k m } { x }`

`x = \frac { 3 1 . 5 * 1 } { 3 }`

`x = 1 0 . 5`

Therefore, the scale of the map would be 1 cm : 10.5 km.