Answer to Question #246521 in Regional geography for Mateo

Question

what distance represents 5.5 cm on a 1/5000 map

Answer 1

1:5000 means that 1 cm on map contains 5000 cm (or 500 m) in real world. Therefore, 5.5 cm contain 5.5 rimes more:

$$D=5.5·500=2750\text{ m}.$$