On the 1 / 600000 scale map, the distance between a and B is 1.7 cm. How many kilometers is the actual distance between a and B
1.7x60000/100000 = 10.2km
On the map with a scale of 1:6000000, the distance between Nanjing and Beijing is 15cm. How many kilometers is the actual distance between Nanjing and Beijing?
Actual distance
15x6000000=90000000cm=900000m=900km
A: the actual distance between Nanjing and Beijing is about 900 kilometers