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Anita has to drive from village A to village B. She measures a distance of 3.5 cm between these villages on the map. What is the actual distance between the villages if the map scale is 1 cm = 20 km?

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65 km
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70 km
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90 km
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40 km
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Solution

The correct option is B 70 km

Given:

Distance from village A to B on the map = 3.5 cm

Scale of map 1 cm = 20 km

Let actual distance = x km

So, 1: 3.5 = 20: x

1/3.5 = 20/x

x = (20 × 3.5)/1

x = 70 km

∴ Distance between village A and village B is 70 km.


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