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The United Kingdom is about 900km long from north to south. By how many orders of magnitude (i.e. how many times) would you have to scale down a map of the United Kingdom so that it can fit on a sheet of paper 20cm long

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whitneytr12

Answer:

[tex]45*10^{6}[/tex] orders of magnitude.

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that 900 km is equivalent to 20 cm, because we need to fit the United Kingdom length on a sheet of paper. So:

  •  1 cm in a paper will be 45 km in the real ground.

Therefore, if we divide 45 km by 0.00001 km (1 cm) we will have [tex]45*10^{6}[/tex] times to scale down.

I hope it helps you!

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