on a map with a scale of 1:100 00 000 what distance in cm represents and actual distance in 2500km?
2006-11-20 12:13:28 · 3 answers · asked by Ben 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
1 km = 100,000 cm
2500 km = 2,500,000 cm
I'm not sure if your scale is supposed to be 1:10,000,000 or 1:100,000,000, but the answer is either .25 cm (2,500,000/10,000,00) or .025 cm (2,500,000/100,000,000) depending.
2006-11-20 12:18:08 · answer #1 · answered by bgdddymtty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to figure out what the centi and kilo prefixes mean...
100 cm/m
1000 m/km
if your scale say 1: 10^7 (is that right?)
Then 2500 km/10^7 = 2500 (10^3) m/10^7 =
2500/10^4 m = 0.25 m = 25 cm
(there are 25.4 cm/in) so your looking at about and inch representing 2500 km.
2006-11-20 20:21:42 · answer #2 · answered by modulo_function 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2500*1000/10^7
=25/100
=1/4
=0.25
2006-11-20 20:17:34 · answer #3 · answered by Dupinder jeet kaur k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋