Question

The area of a field is 50,000 sq.m. The length and the breadth of the field, on the map is 10cm and 8cm respectively. Construct a diagonal scale which can read up to one meter. Mark the length of 235 meter on the scale. What is the RF of the scale?

Answer 1

or Representative Fraction scale (or K) = Area of the Map/Area of the Field. This means that 625 m² area on the Field is equivalent to the 1 cm² on the map.

Answer 2

Explanation:

this means that 625 sq. mt area on the pict is equivalent t the 1 sq. cm on the map