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What is a scale?
With regard to scale, answer the following question:
What is a Scale?
Solution 1
A scale is very essential for a map because it represents a large area of a country on a small piece of paper. A scale is the ratio between any two points on a map to the corresponding distance between the same two points on the actual ground.
Solution 2
The scale is the ratio between the distance of any two points on the map and the actual distance of the same points on the ground.
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