Question

chaya has a map that shows the lengths of some hiking trails. the scale is shown in the drawing. what number can you multiply each distance in the scale - drawing by to find the actual distance? 0.5 what is the actual length of the waterfall trail? km 3 cm:1.5 km

Explanation:

Step1: Find the conversion factor

The scale is $3\ cm:1.5\ km$. To find the number to multiply scale - drawing distance by to get actual distance, we calculate $\frac{1.5}{0.5}=3$. So we multiply by 3.

Step2: Calculate actual length of waterfall trail

The scale - drawing length of the waterfall trail is 6 cm. Using the conversion factor of 3, the actual length is $6\times1.5\div3 = 9$ km.

Answer:

3
9