Question

What is the scale if: 3.2 cm on the map correspond to 4 km in the actual distance?

Answer 1

Scaling on map is defined as the ratio of a distance on the map to the corresponding distance on the ground.

Here, 3.2 centimeters on the map is equivalent to 4 kilometers.

We can use unitary method to find, how many kilometer/kilometers each centimeter corresponds to.

Using the unitary method:

$3.2 cm=4 km$

$1 cm=\frac{4}{3.2} =1.25km$

Therefore, the scale of map represents 1.25 kilometers for each centimeter.