The area of a plot of land on map A is 800cm^2. Calculate the area of the same plot of land on map B which has a scale of 1:5000.
(Scale of map A is 1:3400)
the area scales as the square of the ratio, so it will be
800 * (3400/5000)^2
(Scale of map A is 1:3400)
800 * (3400/5000)^2