The Neva River in St. Petersburg, Russia, is 74 km long. How long is it on a map drawn at a scale of 1:500,000?
Mathematics · High School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Given :
Length of Neva river = 74 km
And, 1:500,000 which mean 1 cm on map is equal to 500,000 cm on land.
74 km = 7,400,000 cm
Let the length of river on map be x
So, x = 7,400,000/500,000
x = 14.8 cm
Thus, Neva river is 14.8cm long on map.