A cellular service provider is expanding the number of cell towers it has in Marshall County. On a map of the towers, there are two that are 6 centimeters away from each other. The distance, in real life, is 3 kilometers. What is the map's scale?

1 : 50000

Step-by-step explanation:

On the map, the two cell towers are 6 centimeters away from each other.

In real life, the two cell towers are 3 kilometers away from each other.

To find the scale of the map, we have to find the ratio of the distance between to two cell towers on the map and in real life.

Let us put both distance in the same unit, centimeters:

1 kilometer  = 100000 centimeters

3 kilometers = 3 * 100000 centimeters = 300000 centimeters

Therefore, the ratio of both distances is:

6 : 300000

In lowest terms:

1 : 50000

That is the scale of the map.

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