George from the Manchester office, has a road atlas which has a scale of 1cm:10km. How far has he to travel to the Sheffield office if distance on the map is 4.5cm?
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Answer :

The answer is 45km because times 10 and 4.5 which gets 45

If the distance on the map is 4.5 cm, then he has to travel to the Sheffield office will be 45 km.

What is dilation?

Dilation is the process of increasing the size of an item without affecting its form. Depending on the scale factor, the object's size can be raised or lowered.

There is no effect of dilation on the angle.

George, from the Manchester office, has a road atlas which has a scale of 1 cm: 10 km.

1 cm ⇒ 10 km

Then the scale factor will be 10 km / cm.

If the distance on the map is 4.5 cm, then he has to travel to the Sheffield office will be

4.5 cm ⇒ 4.5 x 10 km

4.5 cm ⇒ 45 km

If the distance on the map is 4.5 cm, then he has to travel to the Sheffield office will be 45 km.

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