A map is drawn to a scale of 2cm to 100km. If the actual distance between two towns is 374km what is this distance as measured on the map?

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Answer 1 · 2018-02-19T10:56:38

#d = 7.48 cm#

The scale is
#2cm:100km#
#1cm:50km#
#d_(actual)=375km#
#d_(map)=d_(actual)/50#
#d_(map)=375/50cm=7.48 cm#

Answer 2 · 2018-02-19T11:01:24

#7.48" cm"#

#"using "color(blue)"proportion"#

#100" Km"to2" cm"#

#374" Km"to2/1xx374/100=7.48" cm"#