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The scale of a map is 1cm:7miles. Find the distance.A road is 4cm long on the map. Find the actual length of the road.

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Given that the scale of the map is 1cm:7miles,

And we are told that the road is 4cm long, to calculate the actual length of the road, we will multiply the length of the road by 7miles.

Actual length= length of the road × 7miles

= 4cm x7= 28miles.

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