The length of the segment between the cities is 3 cm. The scale of the map is 1: 7.500.000.

The length of the segment between the cities is 3 cm. The scale of the map is 1: 7.500.000. Calculate the distance between these cities in the area.

A scale of 1: 100000 means that 1 cm on the map corresponds to 100000 cm = 1000 m = 1 km on the ground.
Find out what is the distance between cities, if on the map it is 3 cm, and the scale of the map is 1: 7500000
1 cm – 7,500,000 cm
3 cm – x cm
x = (3 * 7,500,000): 1
x = 22,500,000 cm, or x = 22,500,000: 100,000 = 225 km
Answer: the distance between cities on the terrain is 225 km.