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  • 01-02-2017
  • Mathematics
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The scale on a map is 1 cm : 6 km. If two cities are 12 cm apart on the map, what is the actual distance between the cities?

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hannah129898 hannah129898
  • 01-02-2017

its 72 km apart you multiply 12 by the scale which is 1:6 so basically just 6

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livia11999 livia11999
  • 01-02-2017

72 km 
you can solve this by doing cross multiplication so 1cm/6km= 12cm/? 
12 X 6= 72 
72/1=72 
so the distance is 72 km

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