Answer in Physical geography for gabriel #148017
March 12th, 2023
1:250,000 means that 1 cm on map contains 250,000 cm in real life. So, 3 sm on map is 3 times by 250,000 cm, which is
“3cdot250000=750000text{ cm}.”
We know that 1 meter is 100 cm. So, the distance in meters is 7500 m.
Since 1000 m is 1 km, the distance is 7.5 km.