Question

A map is drawn to the scale 1:4,000.

(a) The length of a road on the map is
3.5 cm. Find its actual length in meters.

Answer 1

Original length of the road = 14,000 meter

Explanation:

Given Scale;

1 cm = 4,000 meter

The length of road on map = 3.5 cm

Find:

Computation:

Original length of the road

Original length = Length on drawing x scale factor

Original length of the road = The length of road on map x scale factor

Original length of the road = 4,000 x 3.5

Original length of the road = 14,000 meter