Determine the distance from the summer cottage to the highway

Determine the distance from the summer cottage to the highway, if on a plan with a scale of 1: 50000 this distance is depicted by a segment 4 cm long.

Let’s consider the points:

1). Let’s first find out what the scale given to us in the condition means. A scale of 1: 50,000 means that 1 cm of the map corresponds to 50,000 cm of real distance on the ground.

2). Now, knowing that the distance from the dacha to the road on the map is 4 cm, we will find how much it will be on real terrain:

4 * 50,000 = 200,000 cm or 2000 m, or 2 km.

We can answer the question of the assignment: the distance from the dacha to the highway is 2 km.