Question

A map has a scale of 1 cm : 18 km. Two cities are 2.7 cm apart on the map. To the nearest tenth of a kilometer, what is the actual distance corresponding to the map distance?

Answer 1

48.6 kilometer is the answer

Answer 2

The actual distance corresponding to the map distance is 486 kilometer.

Explanation:

Given : A map has a scale of 1 cm : 18 km. Two cities are 2.7 cm apart on the map. To the nearest tenth of a kilometer.

To find : What is the actual distance corresponding to the map distance?

Solution :

Let the actual distance corresponding to the map distance is 'x' km.

A map has a scale of 1 cm : 18 km.

Two cities are 2.7 cm apart on the map.

According to question,

`(1)/(27)=(18)/(x)`

Cross multiply,

`x=18* 27`

`x=486`

The actual distance corresponding to the map distance is 486 kilometer.