The scale of a map is 1cm to 5km. A farm represented by a rectangle measuring 1.5cm by 4cm. what is the actual area of the farm.

The actual area of the farm is

In measuring distance on map, a map scale is usually used to relate what the actual distance is on ground to the distance on paper.

In this case, the map scale given is 1 cm to 5 km. This means:

Every 1 cm on the map represents 5 km of the actual distance on ground.

Given that a farm with a rectangular shape as shown in the image attached below, the farm measures 1.5 cm by 4 cm, it means,

Length of the farm on the map = 4 cm

Using the map scale, actual length of the farm would be:

Width of the farm on the map = 1.5 cm

Using the map scale, actual width of the farm would be:

Actual area of the farm = area of rectangle =

Therefore, the actual area of the farm is

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150km squared

Step-by-step explanation:

1.5cm=7.5km 4cm=20km

7.5kmx20km=150km