The distance from saldanha to durban is 900km,and the measurements on the map is 9cm.find the scale of the map and write it in word scale
Answer (1)
The scale of the map is 1 : 10,000,000.Data GivenActual distance: 900 km = 900,000 m = 90,000,000 cmMap distance: 9 cmRatioMap : Real ; 9 : 90,000,000Simplify the ratio.9 : 90,000,000 = [tex]\frac{9}{90,000,000}[/tex][tex]\frac{9}{90,000,000} = \frac{1}{10,000,000}[/tex]Convert fraction to ratio.[tex]\frac{1}{10,000,000}[/tex]1 : 10,000,000
