Question

The scale of a map is 1 : 120,000.

a) What is the, in kilometers (km), from the beach to the lake in real life?
b) The beach is 6km from the mountains. What is the distance, in centimeters (cm), between the mountains and the beach on the map?

Answer 1

.a) What is the, in kilometers (km), from the beach to the lake in real life?

7*120 000=840 000= 1,2km

b)the distance, in centimeters (cm), between the mountains and the beach on the map

6km=600000cm

distance between the mountains and the beach on the map

600000/120000=5cm