Janet goes for a walk every night, after work. A map of the route has a scale of 1:20,000, in cm.

If Janet walks 1.5 kilometers on Monday night, how many cm is the route on the map?

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Janet goes for a walk every night, after work. A map of the route has a scale of 1:20,000, in cm.

If Janet walks 1.5 kilometers on Monday night, how many cm is the route on the map?

anonymous · Answer

@rose21 @jaywale @Angiel @Krissy1997

anonymous · Answer

well first figure out how many centimeters are in one kilometer.

anonymous · Answer

100000

anonymous · Answer

okay so that means, if the route was 1.5, that means 1 kilometer (in cm) plus another half, so 15000 cm

anonymous · Answer

it says it wasn't right ._.

anonymous · Answer

oh wait crap, not 15000, 150000cm, crap sorry .-.