Question

You have a map that has a fractional scale of 1:250, meaning every one unit of map scale is equal to 250 of those units in real life. If you have a mountain ridge that is 50m long in real life.

a. How long would the map be in meter?
b. How long would it be on the map in cm?

Answer 1

Answer:

a. 0.2m

b. 20cm

Explanation:

A. Since Map distance = Real distance/ Scale factor

Map distance = 50/250

This gives 0.2m as the map distance

B. Since the map distance is in metres, to convert to centimetres we multiply the value by 100.

0.2× 100= 20cm