ECZ 2016 · GCE Paper 1 — Similarity and Congruency
A map is drawn to a scale of 1 to 50 000. Calculate the actual area of a small town, in square kilometres, represented by an area of 10 cm2 on the map.
- A. 2.5 km2
- B. 25 km2
- C. 5 km2
- D. 0.5 km2
Verified working — step 1
Areas scale by the SQUARE of the length factor - so convert the map scale to kilometres before squaring.The full step-by-step working and final answer are included with Premium — checked against ECZ marking standards.
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