Question

on a map, the distance between two towns is 2.6 cm. the scale of the map is 1 cm: 50 km. what is the actual distance between the two towns?

Answer 1

1 cm is 50 km. Then 2 cm is 100 km. Add 0.6 cm (which is 0.6*50=30 km), and the total distance in real life is 130 km.