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The scale of a map is 1 : 25 000

On the map, the distance between two railway stations is 22 cm.
Work out the real distance between the two railway stations.
Give your answer in kilometres.

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Answer: 5.5km

Explanation:

The scale given 1 : 25 000 , and it was said that on the map , the distance between two railway stations is 22 cm , this means that the scale of the map is 1: 25000 cm.

The scale 1 : 25 000 means that each centimeters on the map represent 25 ,000 in real life ,therefore , to calculate the real distance between the two railway station , we have

25,000 X 22

= 550000 cm

To convert this to km

Recall that

1 km = 100,000 cm

Therefore we will divide the answer by 100,000 , that is

550000/100000

= 5.5 km

Therefore , the real distance between the two railway stations is 5.5km

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