Congruence and Similarity - Map Scales

Congruence and Similarity - Map Scales

IP 2
3 marks

A map is drawn to a scale of \(1:20\,000\).

  1. The length of a running track is \(15\) cm on the map.

    Find the actual distance, in kilometres, of the running track.

    [1]
  2. A park has an actual area of \(10\text{km}^{2}\).

    On another map, its area is represented by \(40\text{cm}^{2}\).

    Find the scale of this map in the form \(1:n\).

    [2]

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Answer:(a) \(3\text{km}\) (b) \(1:50\,000\)

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