Chapter 6.6, Problem 16E

To determine

To find:The actual distance from the map scale.

Answer to Problem 16E

The actual distance will be 3 kilometres

Explanation of Solution

Given information :

Consider, the map distance be 0.6centimeters

Calculation:

Assume the distance on map be $x$

distance on the map has a scale of 1 centimetre :5 kilometres and the distance on the map is 0.6 centimetres Therefore,

The equation is-

  $\begin{array}{l}\frac{1}{5}=\frac{0.6}{\text{x}}\\ =\text{x = 5}\times 0.6\\ =\text{x = 3}\end{array}$

Therefore, the actual distance will be 3 kilometres