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GES1010 Physical Geography: Landforms NAME: Exercise 6: Map Scales. Read the "Map Scale" section of Chapter 2 in your textbook. View a short four-minute video Introduction to Map Scale by Michael Ritter on how to convert map scale into distance in English units at https/lwww.youtube.c ube.com/watch?y iYsUgrDSQu . . View another short video on using map scale in S. unit at h/wyosutubs somwatche ens Answer questions 1-4, using the learned information and the conversion tables in textbook. Show your work means that yow must write out your caleulations 1. On n map with a scale of i :62,500 a. A measured distance of 1 inch represents an actual distance of how many inches? b. A measure distance of one inch represents an actual distance of how many miles? Show your work c. A measured distance of 3 inches represents an actual distance of how many inches? Show your work. d. A measured distance of 3 inches represents an actual distance of how many miles? Show your work. e. A measured distance of 6.5 inches represents a distance of how many inches? Show your work. f. A measured distance of 6.5 inches represents an actual distance of how many miles? Show your work g A measured distance of 6.5 inches represents an actual distance of how many km? Show your work 2. On map with scale of 1: 24,000 A measured distance of 1 cm represents an actual distance of how many cm? a. b. A measured distance of 1 cm represents an actual distance of how many km? Show your work. Lab 2: Topographic Maps-p. 8 of9Explanation / Answer
Scale of 1:62,500 represents that 1 part on scale is equivalent to 62,500 part therfore:
a. 1 inch on map is represents an actual distance of 62,500 inches.
b. 1 inch is equal to 62,500 inches in actual which is equal to 0.98642677 miles (as 1 mile contains 63,360 inches).
c. 3 inches on map is equal to 3 x 62,500 inches that is 187,500 inches in actual.
d. 3 inches is equal to 187,500 in actual and is equal to (187,500/63,360) = 2.9592 miles in actual.
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