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A particular map shows a scale of 2 cm: 8 km. What would the map distance (in cm) be if the actual distance is 64 km?

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Answer:

16cm

Explanation:

Step one:

given

the scale of the map


2 cm: 8 km.

Step two:

so if a scale of 2 cm represents 8 km.

then let xcm be 64km

cross multiply we have


x*8= 64*2

8x= 128

divide both sides by 8


x= 128/8\\\\x=16cm

The map distance is 16cm

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