Question

The scale of a map is1:5000000. What is the actual distance between two town . if theyare 4cm a part of the map

Answer 1

map distance actual distance
1 cm 5×10^6 cm
4 cm x
x*1 = 4*5×10^6
x = 20 × 10^6 cm
x = 2 × 10^5 m
x = 2 × 10^2 km
x = 200km