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how do you do scale drawings? 

Ex. Calgary is 3000km from Montreal. How far apart are they on a map with a scale of 1:25 000 000?

 May 6, 2014

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Ex. Calgary is 3000km from Montreal. How far apart are they on a map with a scale of 1:25 000 000?

1mm represents 25 000 000mm

1mm represents 25 000 m

1mm represents 25km

125=x3000x=120

that's 120mm = 12cm

does that make sense?

 May 7, 2014
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Best Answer

Ex. Calgary is 3000km from Montreal. How far apart are they on a map with a scale of 1:25 000 000?

1mm represents 25 000 000mm

1mm represents 25 000 m

1mm represents 25km

125=x3000x=120

that's 120mm = 12cm

does that make sense?

Melody May 7, 2014

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