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Two towns that are 31.5km aprt are 3cm apart on a map what is the scale of the map

User The Masta
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Olemakpadu is correct

User John Tang Boyland
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3 cm on the map represents 31.5 km in reality.

3cm : 31.5 km

1cm : 31.5/3 km

1cm : 10.5km

So the scale on the map is 1cm represents 10.5 km.
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