Question

On a road map of Uganda, the scale is 1 : 1500000. The distance on the map form Kampala to Ft. Portal is 17. What is the real world distance in km between these two cities?

Answer 1

The real world distance in km between these two cities is 255

Explanation:

we know that

The scale on a map is 1 : 1,500,000

That means-----> 1 cm on a map represent 1,500,000 cm in the real world

or

1 cm on a map represent 15 km in the real world

so

using proportion

Find out the distance in the real world for 17 cm on the map

`(1)/(15)=(17)/(x)\\\\x=15(17)\\  \\ x=255\ km`