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On a map of a city, the scale is 1 centimeter to 500 meters. If it is 4 kilometers between city hall and the library, how many centimeters is it on the map? 8 cm 125 cm 2,000 cm 80 cm
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On a map of a city, the scale is 1 centimeter to 500 meters. If it is 4 kilometers between city hall and the library, how many centimeters is it on the map?

8 cm
125 cm
2,000 cm
80 cm

User Tomen
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Answer:

8 cm

Explanation:

i just took a test and got it right

User ScottWasserman
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If you would like to know how many centimeters is it on the map, you can calculate this using the following steps:

1 cm ... 500 meters
x cm = ? ... 4 kilometers = 4000 meters

1 * 4000 = 500 * x
x = 1 * 4000 / 500
x = 8 cm

The correct result would be 8 cm.
User Jacob Groundwater
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