Question

The scale of a map says that 4 cm represents 5 km. What is the actual number of kilometers that is represented by 5 centimeters on the map?

Answer 1

Answer:

6.25 km

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number of km represented by 5 cm be x

Hence,

4 : 5 : : 5 : x

4x=25

x=6.25 km