Question

The scale of a map is $1:3000000$. What is the actual distance between the two towns if they are $3.5cm$ apart in the map?

Answer 1

Scale of a map is $1:3000000$

i.e, $1cm$ on map $=30km$

so distance of towns on map $=3.5cm$

Actual distance = $3.5\times 30=105km$