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The scale on a map is

1:250000
Two villages are 9cm apart on the map
How far from each other are the two villages in kilometres?

User Simon Schrodi
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Answer:

22.5km

Explanation:

Do cross multiplication

250,000 × 9 over 1 = 2,250,000

and then divide 2,250,000 by 100,000 to convert it to km it'll be 22.5km.

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