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Ratio, SM-Bank 046

Determine the scale factor if a length of 3 centimetres on a map represents an actual length of 2.4 kilometres.  (2 marks)

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\(80\ 000\)

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\(\text{Scale ratio}\)

\(=3\ \text{cm}\ :\ 2.4\ \text{km}\)

\(=3\ \text{cm}\ :\ 240\ 000\ \text{cm}\)

\(=1\ :\ 80\ 000\)

\(\text{Scale factor}\)

\(=80\ 000\)

Filed Under: Ratio Tagged With: num-title-ct-core, smc-4608-20-Word problems ratio, smc-4608-35-Scale

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