Question

The distance between two cities is 87 km. What is the distance between them on a map drawn at a scale of 1:600,000?

(answer in cm)

Answer 1

14.5 cm

Explanation:

The distance in km is ...

(87 km)×1/600000 = 0.000145 km

Each km is 10^5 cm, so this is ...

(0.000145 km)(10^5 cm/km) = 14.5 cm