Chapter 6.6, Problem 17E

To determine

To find:The actual distance from the map scale

Answer to Problem 17E

The actual distance will be 7.5 kilometres

Explanation of Solution

Given information :

Consider the information provided, the map distance be 1.5 centimetres

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 1.5 centimetres Therefore,

The equation is-

  $\begin{array}{l}\frac{1}{5}=\frac{1.5}{\text{x}}\\ =\text{x = 5}\times 1.5\\ =\text{x = 7}\text{.5}\end{array}$

Therefore, the actual distance will be 7.5 kilometres