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BECE Social Studies 2015 Paper

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Question : 9

Total: 40

If the scale of a map is

1:10,000

and the distance on the map is 20 cm, then the actual distance on the ground is

$0.2$ km
$2$ km
$20$ km
$20,000$ km

Solution:

Concept:

Map scale ratio gives how many ground units equal one map unit.

Explanation:

Scale

1:10,000

means 1 cm on the map represents

10,000

cm on the ground.

Map distance is

20

cm, so actual distance is:

20 \times 10,000 = 200,000 \text{ cm}

Convert to kilometres:

200,000 \text{ cm} = 2 \text{ km}

Answer:

B.

2

km

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