Question

An elementary school in Lancaster gets its school supplies from the district office, 3kilometers away. On a map with a scale of 2 centimeters: 1 kilometer, how far apart are theelementary school and the district office?

Answer 1

Since 2 cm on the map represents 1 km in real

Since the real distance is 3 km, then

`(2)/(1)=(x)/(3)`

Where x is the distance on the map

`\begin{gathered} 1* x=2*3 \\ x=6 \end{gathered}`

The distance on the map is 6 cm