ECZ 2013 · O-Level Paper 1 — Similarity and Congruency
A road between two villages A and B is 1.2 km long. It is represented by 3 cm on the map. Calculate the scale of the map, in the form 1 : n.
- A. 1 : 400
- B. 1 : 4000
- C. 1 : 40 000
- D. 1 : 120 000
Verified working — step 1
A scale compares like with like - put the real road into centimetres, then divide both sides down to 1.The full step-by-step working and final answer are included with Premium — checked against ECZ marking standards.
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