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A group of friends are going to a cottage for the weekend and you look at the road map to see how far away it is. The scale used is 1 : 250,000 The distance measures 8.5 cm on the map. What is the actual
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A group of friends are going to a cottage for the weekend and you look at the road map to see how far away it is.

The scale used is 1 : 250,000

The distance measures 8.5 cm on the map.

What is the actual distance? In km

User Iamrajshah
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8.5 x 250,000 = 2,125,000
2,125,000 x .00001 = 21.25km
1cm = .00001km
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