Question

The Actual Distance between two cities is 135 km the map scale is 1 cm: 100 km. find the map distance

Answer 1

`\bf \begin{array}{ccll} map&actual\\ \text{\textemdash\textemdash\textemdash}&\text{\textemdash\textemdash\textemdash}\\ 1&100\\ m&135 \end{array}\implies \cfrac{1}{m}=\cfrac{100}{135}\implies \cfrac{1\cdot 135}{100}=m`

Answer 2

The map distance will be  135/100  = 1.35 cms