Given:
The distance between the two buildings on a map = 14 cm
The scale is 1:35000.
To find:
The actual distance in km.
Solution:
The scale is 1:35000.
It means 1 cm on map = 35000 cm in actual.
Using this conversion, we get
14 cm on map = [tex]14\times 35000[/tex] cm in actual.
= [tex]490000[/tex] cm in actual.
= [tex]4.9\times 1000o0[/tex] cm in actual.
= [tex]4.9[/tex] km in actual. [tex][1\text{ km}=100000\text{ cm}][/tex]
Therefore, the actual distance between two buildings is 4.9 km.
