Question

The distance between two villages on a map measures 6 centimetres
The map Scale is 1:25000
What is the distance in kilometers

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

1 /6= 25000/x

cross multiply

x=25000×6

x= 150000

logic = if 1 centimetre is equal to 25000 so if we want to find 6 we will multiply with 25000

Answer 2

Answer:

The distance between the two villages is 1.5 km

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that,

The distance between two villages on a map measures 6 centimetres.

We are required to find the actual distance between two villages in units of kilometres.

Given that the scale of the map is 1:25000

It implies that 1cm distance on map is 25000cm on actual land.Therefore the actual distance between two villages is

$6 \times 25000 \: cm = 150000 \: cm$

We shall convert it into kilometres as follows

$= 150000 \times \frac{10 {}^{ - 2} }{1000} = 1.5 \: km$

Therefore,the distance between two villages is 1.5 km

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