On a county map, 2 towns are 80 km apart. If the scale on the map is 1 cm = 5 km, how far apart are the towns on the map?
Answer - ________________ cm
1 cm = 5 cm
it's like a pattern ... so you multiply 80 times 5 which = 400
so the answer is 400......???????
80 km divided by 5 is 16 cm.
Therefore, they are 16cm apart on the map.
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To find the distance between the towns on the map, you need to use the scale provided. Given that 1 cm on the map represents 5 km in real life, the distance between the towns on the map can be calculated as follows:
Distance on the map (in cm) = Distance in real life (in km) / Scale
In this case, the distance between the towns in real life is 80 km. So, using the scale of 1 cm = 5 km:
Distance on the map (in cm) = 80 km / 5 km
Simplifying the expression:
Distance on the map (in cm) = 16 cm
Therefore, the distance between the towns on the map is 16 cm.
To find out how far apart the towns are on the map, you need to use the scale provided. We know that 1 centimeter on the map represents 5 kilometers in real life.
Given that the towns are 80 kilometers apart in real life, we can calculate the distance on the map as follows:
Distance on map = Distance in real life / Scale
Distance on map = 80 km / 5 km/cm
Distance on map = 16 cm
Therefore, the towns are 16 centimeters apart on the map.