A map is drawn to a scale of 1: 50 000 on the map, the area of a town is 4 cm2. Calculate the actual area of the town in hectares.

      

A map is drawn to a scale of 1: 50 000 on the map, the area of a town is 4 cm2. Calculate the actual area of the town in hectares.

  

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John
K = $\frac{1}{50 000}$

K2 = [$\frac{1}{50 000}$]2 = $\frac{4}{A}$

A = $\frac{4\times 50 000\times 50 000}{10 000\times 10 000}$

= 100 ha
johnmulu answered the question on March 6, 2017 at 07:26


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