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Question
Answer the following question in brief.
Convert the statement 1 cm = 100 km into an R.F. scale.
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Solution
1 km = 1000 m,
1 m = 100 cm
100 km = 100 × 1000 × 100 = 1,00,00,000 cm
Since RF = Distance on the map in cm
RF scale = `1 /"1,00,00,000"` = 1:100,00,000
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