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Ratio, SM-Bank 050

Determine the scale factor if a scaled length of 1.6 centimetres represents an actual length of 0.48 kilometres.  (2 marks)

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\(30\ 000\)

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\(\text{Scale ratio}=\text{scale length}\ :\ \text{actual length}\)

\(=1.6\ \text{cm}\ :\ 0.48\ \text{km}\)

\(=1.6\ \text{cm}\ :\ 48\ 000\ \text{cm}\)

\(=1\ :30\ 000\)

\(\text{Scale factor}\)

\(=30\ 000\)

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

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