Question

1. a city planner creates a scaled map of a residential area. the actual area is defined by having a length of 800 meters and width of 500 meters. using a scale factor of 0.02, what is the width of the scaled map? a. 5 meters b. 8 meters c. 10 meters d. 12 meters

Explanation:

Step1: Recall scale - factor formula

The formula for the scaled - dimension is $Scaled\ dimension=Actual\ dimension\times Scale\ factor$.

Step2: Identify actual width and scale factor

The actual width of the residential area is $500$ meters and the scale factor is $0.02$.

Step3: Calculate the scaled width

$Scaled\ width = 500\times0.02=10$ meters.

Answer:

c. 10 meters