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Dominatorrr

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Contour Map Scale
« on: November 06, 2011, 10:03:38 pm »
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The distance between a certain Point D and a certain Point F on a contour map is 9.5cm on the actual contour map. Now, the scale shown on the contour map is 1:1000. In reality, would this mean that the distance between these 2 points is 9500cm or 9500m? So in other words, is the scale from cm to metres or cm to cm? Can we have a scale in which the units are different? I'm thinking cm to m for some reason but I'm not too sure.

This is part of question 3 in NEAP 2008 Exam 2 Trig Module.
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Re: Contour Map Scale
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2011, 10:05:46 pm »
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I believe it would be 9500 cm, or 9.5 metres.
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Re: Contour Map Scale
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2011, 10:13:48 pm »
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Quote from: smithy16 on November 06, 2011, 10:05:46 pm
I believe it would be 9500 cm, or 9.5 metres.

9500 cm = 95m
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Re: Contour Map Scale
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2011, 10:31:25 pm »
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Will they tell us the scale for contour maps ?
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Re: Contour Map Scale
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2011, 10:32:44 pm »
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like specifically  rather than 1 = 1000
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Dominatorrr

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Re: Contour Map Scale
« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2011, 10:41:37 pm »
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I don't think they do, they obviously didn't in this question but VCAA didn't make this one. Not certain though.
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Re: Contour Map Scale
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2011, 10:49:44 pm »
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like last year they specifically told you that 1 cm equals 2 m or something like that
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Dominatorrr

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Re: Contour Map Scale
« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2011, 11:02:01 pm »
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Yeah I think I remember that question actually.

Just looked at the answers for the exam and the 1:1000 scale is cm to cm, so 9.5cm = 9500cm = 95m.

So I guess it's just that the units will be the same for the scale, and if otherwise, they will probably tell you.
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