Answer:
1 cm : 125 m
Step-by-step explanation:
We have to express the scale of the map as unit of measure. So we need to figure out how many actual meters for each cm in the map.
"If 1000 meters is equal to 8 cm, how many meters (let's calls this x) is equal to 1 cm?"
We can setup the ratio below and solve:
[tex]\frac{1000}{8}=\frac{x}{1}\\8x=1000\\x=\frac{1000}{8}\\x=125[/tex]
Hence the scale is 1 cm : 125 m
