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7 November, 17:31

You have a map that has a fractional scale of 1:250, meaning every one unit of map scale is equal to 250 of those units in real life. If you have a mountain ridge that is 50m long in real life.

a. How long would the map be in meter?

b. How long would it be on the map in cm?

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  1. 7 November, 18:04
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    a. 0.2m

    b. 20cm

    Explanation:

    A. Since Map distance = Real distance / Scale factor

    Map distance = 50/250

    This gives 0.2m as the map distance

    B. Since the map distance is in metres, to convert to centimetres we multiply the value by 100.

    0.2 * 100 = 20cm
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