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Map Scale

Question
CBSEENGE11011652

Calculate the R.F. when the scale is one centimetre to one kilometre or 1 cm=l km.

Solution

The scale of the map is 1 cm = 1 km. or 1 cm 100,000 cm since 1 km = 1,00.000 cm.

straight R. straight F. space equals space fraction numerator Distance space on space the space map over denominator Distance space on space the space ground end fraction
space equals space 1 over 100000 space or space 1 colon space 100000