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The scale of a map is given as 1 : 400000 if the distance between two points in the map is 4 cm, what is the actual distance between the two points?

Answer #1

On the map = 4 cm

On the earth = 1600000 cm, or 16000 m, or 16 km

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Answer #2

Yes 16km is right answer

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