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The scale on a map is 1:500000

Two towns are 7cm apart on the map

work out the actual distance between the map
Give your answer in kilometres

Respuesta :

1:500000
it mean:
1cm : 500000 cm
(500000×7) cm = 3500000 cm (real distance between the two towns, in cm)
 if
 1 Km = 100000 cm
3500000 /100000 = 35 Km (real distance between the two towns, in Km)