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A man walks 1500 meters.

On a map, this is shown as 3 cm.

What is the scale on the map?

Answer :

The scale on the map is 1 cm for 500 m.

What is scale factor?

A scale factor is defined as the ratio between the scale of a given original object and a new object, which is its representation but of a different size (bigger or smaller).

Given that, A man walks 1500 metres. on a map, this is shown as 3 cm.

3 cm = 1500 m

1 cm = 500 m

Hence, The scale on the map is 1 cm for 500 m.

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The scale on this map is 1 cm = 500 meters