The distance between two cities is 87 km. What is the distance between them on a map drawn at a scale of 1:600,000? (answer in cm)

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asked Oct 26, 2023 54.8k views

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Ozan Kurt · Answer 1 · 2023-10-30T15:57:05+0000

Answer:

14.5 cm

Explanation:

The distance in km is ...

(87 km)×1/600000 = 0.000145 km

Each km is 10^5 cm, so this is ...

(0.000145 km)(10^5 cm/km) = 14.5 cm