Question

The scale of a map is given as 1 cm = 15 km
Find the actual distance between two places
which are 5 cm apart on the map.​

Answer 1

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.