Solve,if the scale of a map is 2cm to 1km what is the ground distance if the distance between two towns on the map is 10cm
5 times as many cm on the map, so 5 times the km on the ground.
x/10 = 1/2
To solve this problem, we need to use the scale of the map.
Given:
Scale of the map: 2cm to 1km
Distance between two towns on the map: 10cm
We can set up a proportion to find the ground distance.
Let's assume the ground distance is "x" km.
According to the scale, 2cm on the map represents 1km in real life. So we can write the proportion as:
2cm / 1km = 10cm / x km
To solve for the value of x, we can cross-multiply:
2cm * x km = 10cm * 1km
2x = 10
Dividing both sides by 2:
x = 10 / 2
x = 5 km
So the ground distance between the two towns is 5 kilometers.
To solve this problem, we need to use the scale of the map - which is 2cm to 1km. This means that for every 2cm on the map, it represents a distance of 1km in the real world.
Given that the distance between two towns on the map is 10cm, we can use this scale to find the ground distance between the two towns.
First, we need to determine how many kilometers are represented by 10cm on the map. We can set up a proportion to solve for the ground distance.
Since 2cm on the map represents 1km in reality, we can set up the proportion:
2cm/1km = 10cm/x
To solve for x, we can cross-multiply and then divide:
2x = 1km * 10cm
2x = 10km*cm
To eliminate the unit of cm, we need to divide both sides of the equation by cm:
2x = 10km
x = 10km / 2
x = 5km
Therefore, the ground distance between the two towns is 5 kilometers.