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The distance between school and house of a girl is given by 5 cm in a picture, using the scale 1 cm : 5 km. Find the actual distance between the two places?

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The distance between school and house of a girl is given by 5 cm in a picture, using the scale 1 cm : 5 km. Find the actual distance between the two places?

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Solution

Given scale = 1 cm : 5 km, i.e. 1 cm in picture = 5 km of actual distance

∴ 5 cm in picture = 5 × 5 km of actual distance

Hence, the actual distance between the two places is 25 km.

So, 5 cm represent = 5 × 5 = 25 km distance

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Chapter 6: Visualising Solid Shapes - Exercise [Page 204]

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