Question

A distance of 180 km between two cities is represented on the map by 6cm. If two other towns are represented by 5cm on the map, what is the actual distance between them?

Answer 1

Answer:

150km

Step-by-step explanation:

Distance between 2 cities is actually 180 km and on map it is represented as 6 cm.

Then for 1 cm how much is the distance?

= 180/6

= 30 km

1 cm is 30 km.

Then 5 cm is

= 30 × 5

= 150 km

Answer 2

Answer:

150km

Step-by-step explanation:

Distance between 2 cities is actually 180 km and on map it is represented as 6 cm.

Then for 1 cm how much is the distance?

= 180/6

= 30 km

1 cm is 30 km.

Then 5 cm is

= 30 × 5

= 150 km