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Ratio, SM-Bank 052

Macton and Brownville are 15 centimetres apart on a map with a scale of \(1:150\ 000\). How far apart, in kilometres, are the two cities in real life?  (2 marks)

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\(22.5\ \text{km}\)

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\(\text{Scale factor}=150\ 000\)

\(\text{Actual distance}\) \(=\text{Scaled distance}\times \text{scale factor}\)
  \(=15\times 150\ 000\ \text{cm}\)
  \(=2\ 250\ 000\ \text{cm}\)
  \(=22.5\ \text{km}\)

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

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