ECZ 2016 · GCE Paper 1 — Similarity and Congruency

A map is drawn to a scale of 1 to 50 000. Calculate the length of a road, in kilometres, which is 5 cm long on the map.

  • A. 0.25 km
  • B. 25 km
  • C. 2.5 km
  • D. 250 km

Verified working — step 1

5 cm on the map represents 5 × 50 000 = 250 000 cm = 2500 m = …

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