Question

I have a math question.Two fielda ats state park are 1000 meters from each other.On a map,the two fields are 8 centimeters apart.What scale is the map using?Is it the metric scale??

Answer 1

The scale used is 1 : 12500. And the scale is in centimetres

Explanation:

Given:

state park are 1000 meters from each other.

On a map,the two fields are 8 centimetres apart

To Find:

The scale used by the map = ?

Is it the metric scale?

Solution:

Actual distance between the parks is 1000 meters. But in map the distance is 8 centimetres

so the scale for map to actual distance is

8 cm : 1000 m

Now,

1 m = 100 m

So

1000 m = 100000 cm

Thus

8 cm : 100000 cm

On Reducing we get,

1 : 12500