The distance between school and house of a girl is given by 5 cm in a picture, using the scale 1 cm : 5 km. Find the actual distance between the two places

Solution:

It is given that

Scale 1 cm: 5 km

5 cm in picture = 5 x 5 km of actual distance

= 25 km of actual distance

Actual distance between the two places is 25 km

So we can say that 5 cm shows 25 km of actual distance

Therefore, the actual distance between the two places is 25 km.

✦ Try This: The distance between school and house of a girl is given by 10 cm in a picture, using the scale 1 cm : 10 km. Find the actual distance between the two places?

☛ Also Check: NCERT Solutions for Class 8 Maths Chapter 10

NCERT Exemplar Class 8 Maths Chapter 6 Problem 98

The distance between school and house of a girl is given by 5 cm in a picture, using the scale 1 cm : 5 km. Find the actual distance between the two places

Summary:

The distance between school and house of a girl is given by 5 cm in a picture, using the scale 1 cm : 5 km. The actual distance between the two places is 25 km.

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