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The map scale often will show distance in both miles and kilometers. In that way, the map is useful no matter what measure the person normally employs.

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Many times a map scale will show distances in both miles and?

kilometers


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On a map the distance between Atlanta and Georgia and Nashville and Tennessee is 12.5 in The actual distance between these two cities is 250 miles what is the scale?

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What does the scale of a map indicate?

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