Question

A map of an island is shown on a half-centimeter grid,

Answer 1

Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

A map can either be scaled up or scaled down. If the map is enlarged then it is scaled up and hence represented by n:1, where n > 1. While is the map is reduced, it is scaled down and is represented by 1 : n, where n < 1.

Since one box has a length of 1 cm by 1 cm. The distance between A and B is 4 boxes = 4 cm = 0.04 m

Hence the scale is given as 1:n, where n > 1. n is gotten from:

n = 960 m / 0.04 m = 24000

Therefore the scale is 1 : 24000