Question

The actual distance between two villages is 120 kilometers. On a map of the area, 0.5 centimeter represents 2 kilometers. What is the distance between the villages on the map?

Answer 1

30cm is the answer. 30cm=120km

Explanation:

We can divide 120 by 2 to get 60. But since 0.5=2km is a proportion whatever we do to 20 we do to 0.5.

0.5 x 60 = 30

So in conclusion 30cm(on the map)=120km

we can also check by saying since we need to multiply 2 by 60 to get 120 what is 0.5 x 60? 0.5x60=30

Answer 2

120 km.........2 km = 0.5 cm.......120/2 = 60......60 * 0.5 = 30 cm