Question

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?

Answer 1

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