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21 November, 23:17

Pia printed two maps of a walking trail. The length of the trail on the first map is 8 cm. The length of the trail on the second map is 6 cm.

1 cm on the first map represents 2 km on the actual trail. What is the scale factor from the map to the actual trail? What is the length of the actual trail?

A landmark on the first map is a triangle with side lengths of 3 mm, 4 mm, and 5 mm. What is the scale factor from the first map to the second map? What are the side lengths of the landmark on the second map? Show your work.

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  1. 22 November, 02:39
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    First calculate the length of the actual trail

    trail = 8 cm (2 km / 1 cm)

    trail = 16 km

    so the scale factor of the second map is:

    scale = 16 km / 6 cm

    scale = 2.67 km / 1 cm

    the scale on the 2nd map is 1 cm represent 2.67 km in the actual trail
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