Determine the distance between two objects on the ground if the distance on the map, with a scale of 1: 500000, is 12 cm.

On a map with a scale of 1: 500000, 1 centimeter of the map shows 500000 centimeters of real terrain.

In order to determine the distance between two objects, we first convert the value of centimeters to kilometers.

Since 1 km – 1000 meters, and 1 m – 100 cm, we get:

500000 / (1000 * 100) = 500000/100000 = 5 km in 1 cm.

Find the distance between objects.

To do this, we multiply the length of the segment on the map by the map scale.

We get:

12 * 5 = 60 km.

Answer: The distance between the two objects is 60 km.