The scale of a map is 1:500. Find the length of a road in real life if it is 6cm long on the map
See your other post to see how this is done.
6*500=3000
that is ....
3000 cm
= 30 m
you wouldn't measure road distance in cm .
6*500
3000cm
To find the length of the road in real life, you need to use the scale of the map. The scale of 1:500 means that every unit on the map represents 500 units in real life.
In this case, the road is 6cm long on the map. To find the length in real life, you'll need to multiply this length by the scale factor of 500.
Length on the map: 6cm
Scale: 1:500
Length in real life = Length on the map x Scale
Length in real life = 6cm x 500
Calculating this equation, we get:
Length in real life = 3000cm
Therefore, the length of the road in real life would be 3000cm or 30 meters.