Question

The scale on a map is 1 cm : 6 km. If two cities are 12 cm apart on the map, what is the actual distance between the cities?

Answer 1

72 km
you can solve this by doing cross multiplication so 1cm/6km= 12cm/?
12 X 6= 72
72/1=72
so the distance is 72 km

Answer 2

its 72 km apart you multiply 12 by the scale which is 1:6 so basically just 6