when Thomas looks at a map of hiking trail with the scale factor of 1cm = 50m, he says that the length of the trail on the map s

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Mariana [72]

3 years ago

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when Thomas looks at a map of hiking trail with the scale factor of 1cm = 50m, he says that the length of the trail on the map s

hould be 1/50 the length of the actual trail . Explain whether Thomas is correct or incorrect .

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OlgaM077 [116] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-01T14:56:46+03:00

OlgaM077 [116]3 years ago

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Answer:Thomas is incorrect because there are 100 centimeters in 1 meter. Therefore, there are 5000 centimeters in 50 meters. The length of the map trail would be 1/5000 the length of the actual trail

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