Question

Pedro and his friends are visiting chocolate shops in Fairview. They take a cab from onechocolate shop to another. On a map, the two are separated by 3 centimeters. If the scale of themap is 1 centimeter = 2 kilometers, then what is the actual distance between the two chocolateshops?

Answer 1

Answer: 6 kilometers

Step-by-step explanation: because the scale is 1cm to 2km so 3x2=6

Answer 2

In this case, we'll have to carry out several steps to find the solution.

Step 01:

Data

Map distance = 3 cm

Scale

1 cm map = 2 km

Step 02:

1 cm map -------------- 2 km

3 cm map -------------- x

x * 1 cm map = 2 km * 3 cm map

x = (2 * 3) / 1 = 6 km

The actual distance will be: