Question

You have a map of an area in France. The scale used is 2cm:8km. You want to ride to a national park. The park is shown on the map as 16 cm away. How far is that in kilometres?

Answer 1

Answer:

64 kilometers.

Step-by-step explanation:

Remember that when you are converting scales from maps to reality you just need to do a simple rule of three, in this case if 2 cm are equal to 8 kilommeters, how many kilometers will 16 cm be?

$\frac{2cm}{8km}=\frac{16cm}{x}\\ x=\frac{16cm*8km}{2cm}\\x=\frac{128cm*km}{2cm}\\ x=64km$

So the answer will be that 16 cm in the map will be 64 kilometers.

Answer 2

Every cm on the map = 8/2 = 4 km

so 16 cm is equivalent to 4*16  = 64 km Answer