Question

Thomas went to Los Angeles, California for the summer to visit his cousins. He used a map of bus routes to get from the airport to his cousin’s house. The distance from the airport to his cousin’s house is 56 km. On his map, the distance is 4 cm. What is the scale factor?

Answer 1

Answer:

14

Step-by-step explanation:

The factor is 56÷4 that comes out to be 14. So for every 14km un the real world 1 cm is represented on the map

Answer 2

14 , 56 km = 56 × 100000 = 5600000 cm
5600000 ÷ 4 = 1400000
4 ÷ 4 = 1
5600000:4 ratio simplified is 1400000:1 so if you take all the zeros off , it will be exact 14 .