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The distance between two points on a map is 6,0 cm. Find the distance between the two points in real life if the scale of the map is 1:20 000.

User Hussain Mansoor
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(40,000)(6.5cm)=260,000cm or 2,600m or 2.6km
User Ryan Ballantyne
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1:20000 = 6:x
x = 120000 (cm)