The distance between two cities on a map is 7cm. The actual distance between two cities is 350 km. What is the scale used on this map? Could someone possibly simplify the answer in its most simplified form?
7 cm : 350 km
= 1 cm : 50 km
= 1 cm : 50,000 m , (could skip this step, since 1 km = 100,000 cm)
= 1 cm : 5,000,000 cm
= 1 : 5,000,000
as long as the units in the ratio are the same, we don't have
to state the units