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

The length scale is 1 cm : 0.5 km, so the area scale is 1 cm² : 0.25 km². Then 10 cm² represents 10 × 0.25 = …

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