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A road map is given with a scale of 1:2,00,000. What is the actual distance between the two buildings in kilometres, if the distance on the map is 4.5 cm? |
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Answer» 1cm on a MAP REPRESENTS 40000005cm on a map represents =5×4000000=20,000,000cm1km=1000m1m=100cm∴1km=1000×100=100000cm∴100000cm=1km∴20,000,000cm=10000020,000,000km=200kmThus, the actual DISTANCE between TWO towns is 200km. |
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