Question

Pia printed two maps of a walking trail. The length of the trail on the first map is 8 cm. The length of the trail on the second map is 6 cm.
(Q. 1)
1 cm on the first map represents 2 km on the actual trail. What is the scale factor from the map to the actual trail? What is the length of the actual trail?
(Q. 2)
A landmark on the first map is a triangle with side lengths of 3 mm, 4 mm, and 5 mm. What is the scale factor from the first map to the second map? What are the side lengths of the landmark on the second map? Show your work.

Answer 1

Scale :

Map 1 : Actual
1 cm   :  2 km
1 cm   :  200 000 cm          | Convert 2km to 200 000cm

Answer: The scale is 1 : 200 000 

Map 1 : Actual
1 cm   :  200 000 cm 
(x8)    :   (x8)
8 cm :  1 600 000cm

1 600 000 cm = 16 km

Answer: The length of the actual trail is 16 km

Map 1 : Map 2
8cm   :   6cm
1cm    :    0.75 cm

Answer : The scale is 1 : 0.75

Map 1 : Map 2
1    :  0.075 

3mm : 0.075 x 3 = 0.225mm

4mm : 0.075 x 4 = 0.3 mm

5mm : 0.075 x 5 = 0.375 mm

Answer: The side lengths are 0.225mm, 0.3 mm and 0.375 mm