Erick goes for a walk every night after work. a map of the route has a scale of 1:20,000, in cm. if Eric walks 2.1 kilometers on Monday night, how many cm is the route on the map.?

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Erick goes for a walk every night after work. a map of the route has a scale of 1:20,000, in cm.  if Eric walks 2.1 kilometers on Monday night, how many cm is the route on the map.?

anonymous · Answer

1k = 1000 meters = .01000 10^5


1k = 1 x10^5 right?

anonymous · Answer

yep

anonymous · Answer

100 cm = 1 m times both by 1000

100000 cm = 1k in real scale right?

anonymous · Answer

1/5 of that is their scale

anonymous · Answer

2,100/5 = 420...

anonymous · Answer

100,000 centimeter = 1 k ^_^
        2.1
    ------
210,000/
  20,000

10.5 centimeters...

anonymous · Answer

so it would be 10.5 centimeters?

anonymous · Answer

yes ma'am