Question

a length of road is 15 km is shown 5 cm in a map. find its scale

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

First we need to convert 15 km in cm to form the ratio.

1 km=100000 cm

∴15 km=15×100000=1500000 cm

The ratio will became 5:1500000

=

1500000

5

=

300000

1

by reducing.

Ratio is 1:300000

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

Scale = given length per map length

= 15km/5cm

3km/cm

SCALE OF THE MAP IS 3km/unit cm