Question

The scale on a map is 1:5000000

two towns are 7cm apart on the map
work out the actual distance between the towns

Answer 1

Explanation:

scale,= 1 : 5000000

it means 1 cm depicts 5000000cm

or 50000m else 50km

the distance between two towns in map = 7cm

so the distance between two towns = 7 *50

= 350km