Question

If 2.5cm=500km is the scale of a map,then what is the actual distance between two places in kms shown at 7.5cm apart on the map

Answer 1

If 2.5 cm=500 km

then scale =200 km per cm

Therefore, 7.5 cm= 7.5×200=1500 km

∴  Distance between the two places is 1500 km