Mathematics 0580 · IGCSE · Scale drawings

Scale drawings — practice question

The scale diagram plots the locations of three towns, R, S and T, on a map. RS and ST are straight roads joining the towns. The scale is 1 centimetre represents 8 kilometres.
(a)[2]

Find the true distance between R and S.

(b)[2]

Town V lies on a bearing of $163^{\circ}$ from R and on a bearing of $215^{\circ}$ from T. Indicate the position of V on the map.

(c)[3]

Plot the position of C on the map. Include every step of your working.

(d)[2]

Find the bearing of R from H.

(e)[1]

Express the scale 1 cm to 8 km as $1 : n$.

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