Question

A map is drawn to a scale of 1: 10,00,000. If the distance between two places P and Q on the map is 4.2 cm, Find the actual distance between P and Q.

Answer 1

Answer:

1cm on a map represents 4000000

5cm on a map represents =5×4000000=20,000,000‬cm

1km=1000m

1m=100cm

∴1km=1000×100=100000cm

∴100000cm=1km

∴20,000,000‬cm=

100000

20,000,000‬

km=200km

Thus, the actual distance between two towns is 200km.