Question

The scale of a map is given as 1:300. Two cities are 4 cm apart on the map. The actual distance between them is:

Answer 1

Answer:

The scale of the map is given by 1: 30000000.

It dies mean that 1 cm on scale us equal to 30000000

Now the two cities are 4 cm apart on nap from each other

As such their distance from each other will be

4 × 30000000

= 120000000 cm

We know 100 cm is one meter and 1000 meter is kilometer

So to convert centimeter value to kilometer, we can divide the centimeter value by 100000

120000000/100000

= 1200 kilometer