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100 centimetres = 1 metre

1000 metres = 1 kilometre

Therefore a scale ratio of 10cm:50 km is equivalent to 10:50 x 1000 x 100 = 10:5000000 when both measurements are quoted in centimetres.

This can be simplified to 1:500000

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