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What do you mean by the term 'scale of the map'?
Short/Brief Note
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Solution
- The scale is one of the components of the map.
- Scale makes it possible to reduce the size of the whole earth to show it on a piece of paper.
- A scale is a ratio between the actual distance on the map to the actual distance on the ground.
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