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The distance between two cities on a map is 13 cm. What is the actual distance between the cities if the map is drawn at a scale of 1:50,000?

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Answer:i am not going to answer htis question 4 u but i will tell u how 2 do it first u mulitply 50,000 by 13 then you convert the number of centimeters u get into kilometers (this is where most people get wrong cuz there 2 lazy to read the question.

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Answer:

65,000

Explanation:

because the scale is 1:50,000, so just simply multiply by 50,000.

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