The scale of a map is 1/500. if the two points on the map are 4.5 cm, what is their actual distance?

2250cm=22.5 m

Step-by-step explanation:

use proportion:

1:500=4.5:x

x=4.5*500

x=2250 cm

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step-by-step explanation:

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step-by-step explanation:

we need to solve for 'x' the following equation:  

we have that:

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factorizing, we get that:

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then, the solutions are: or

nothing extraneous has been found!