The scale of the map is 1: 300,000. What is the distance between cities A and B (in km) if it is 3 cm on the map?

univerkov | November 29, 2020 | education

Let’s make a proportion, where X is the distance between cities in reality:
1 cm = 300000 cm
3 cm = X cm
X = 300000 cm * 3 cm
X = 900000 cm
X = 9 km
So; the distance between cities A and B is 9 km

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