Question

The distance between two cities on a map is 3.25 centimeters. The map used a scale in which 1 centimeter represents 20 kilometers. What is the actual distance between these two cities in kilometers?

Answer 1

65km

Explanation:

Step one:

given

we are told that the distance is 3.25cm on the map

the scale is 1cm to represent 20km

Required

the actual distance

Step two

if 1cm represent 20km

then 3.25cm will represent x km

cross multiply we have

x=2.35*20

x= 65km

Hence, the actual distance between these two cities in kilometers 65km