Question

The globe of Earth shown in the picture below has a diameter of 30 centimeters. If the scale of the globe is 1 centimeter = 425 kilometers, what is the approximate diameter of Earth?

Answer 1

@Mertsj

Answer 2

Basically, what your problem says is that every centimeter represents 425 km.
Do you agree?

Answer 3

Yes

Answer 4

@Mertsj

Answer 5

Then how much does 2 centimeters represent?

Answer 6

850

Answer 7

@Mertsj

Answer 8

What about 3 centimeters? How many km do 3 cm represent?

Answer 9

1,275

Answer 10

What about 30 centimeters?

Answer 11

12,750

Answer 12

Now read the problem and answer the question that it asks.

Answer 13

oh ok thx i got it!

Answer 14

yw