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175 millimeters = distance on map
actual distance = X meters
map scale= 1:62,500
solve for X
please and thank you for help
 Oct 2, 2013
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1mm on the map = 62500mm in real life
so
175mm on the map = 62500mm * 175 in real life = 10937500mm
There are 1000mm in a metre so
10937500/1000 = 10937.5m
so X = 10937.5

alternatively

1mm on the map = 62500mm in real life = 62.5m
so
175mm on the map = 62.5m * 175 in real life = 10937.5mm
so X = 10937.5
 Oct 2, 2013

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