Answer:
20*30km = 600km
15*30km = 450km
600km * 450km = 270000 km^2
Step-by-step explanation:
assuming 1cm --- 30km causes that 2cm --- 60km, 3cm --- 90km, 4cm --- 120km etc. Notice that number of km's is 30 times greater than the number of cm's on a map
using this logic, you calculate both real dimensions of Colorado by multiplying 20*30 = 600 km and 15*30 = 450km
Then we use a formula of an area of a rectangle assuming
and get
which is an actual area of Colorado