Question

Fan and Medal:The actual distance between two cities is 135 km. The map scale is 1cm:100 km Find the map distance. @mathmale

Answer 1

You want to know how far apart the two cities appear to be on the map.
If the actual distance is 135 km, and the scale is \[\frac{ 1cm }{ 100km },\]

Answer 2

and you use multiplication, cancelling units where necessary, what distance (in cm) do you obtain?

Answer 3

Um, Im in 7th grade, could you dumb it down a bit?

Answer 4

@pooja

Answer 5

@the_ocean_girl

Answer 6

@YoungStudier

Answer 7

I think it might be 1.35...

Answer 8

u are right 1.35cm=135 km

Answer 9

You're right! If 1cm= 100km, you would divide the number by 100 to get the value in centimeters!

Answer 10

Oh. Cool. Thank you!

Answer 11

anbody good at math