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Help please The scale on the map is given as 3 cm = 4 km. The distance between the airport and the railway station is 24 cm. Find the actual distance between those places.
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The scale on the map is given as 3 cm = 4 km. The distance between the airport and
the railway station is 24 cm. Find the actual distance between those places.

User Chika
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On the map the ratio is 3cm:4km
The map distance is 24cm

Our overall ratio is 3 : 4
24 : ?
We can find the scale factor by doing 24/3 which is 8. Then do 8 x 4 = 32km

The actual distance is therefore 32km
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