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∙ 7y agoIt can be expressed in that form or as its reciprocal.
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∙ 6y agoRepresentative fraction
it is an indicator used to determine the distance on a paper and the actual distance on the ground.
the benefit of a map scales is to show the relationship between the distance on the map and the real distance on the ground
he fact that they are improper is irrelevant. Re-scale the fractions so that they have the same denominator and thenadd or subtract as required.
1:10 or 1/10. A decimeter is one tenth of a meter. So any distance in the real world will be represented by a distance 1/10 of that on the map.
Representative fraction
In a map scale where the numerator is always 1, it is called a verbal scale. This type of scale expresses the relationship between distance on the map and actual distance on the ground in words, such as "1 inch equals 10 miles."
The differences between the these two is that linear scale shows the relation between the map distance and the ground distance. The nonlinear scale do not show the relation between the map distance and the ground distance.
A map scale lets you convert map distance to ground distance.
graphic scale It's called the scale.
graphic scale It's called the scale.
The "scale" of a map tells you how the map displays the actual distance.
A map's scale measures distance. It provides a ratio of the map's distance to the actual distance on the ground. For example, a scale of 1:100,000 means that 1 unit on the map represents 100,000 units on the ground.
In this case you have a map with a scale of 1:250000, meaning 1 map unit represents 250000 units on the actual ground. Since the distance on the map is 50 cm(centimeters) we calculate the distance as follows Distance on the ground = distance on the map * the scale 50 cm * 250000 giving us 12 500 000. Therefore, the distance on the ground is 12 500 000 centimeters.
A map scale lets you convert map distance to ground distance.
A map scale lets you convert map distance to ground distance.
The scale. a map scale **************************************** A map with a scale of 1:50 000 (ratio of 1 in 50,000) means that 1 centimetre measured on the map represnts 50,000 centimetres on the ground.