As a travel agent, your task is to plan a tour of Africa for a client. The scale printed on the map is 1:50 000 000. Which one of the following explanations would you be able to use to explain to your client what this scale means? (1) 5 km in reality is represented by 1 cm on the map (2) 50 km in reality is represented by 1 cm on the map (3) 500 km in reality is represented by 1 cm on the map (4) 500 000 cm in reality is represented by 1 cm on the map (5) 50 000 cm in reality is represented by 1 cm on the map

As a travel agent, your task is to plan a tour of Africa for a client. The scale printed on the
map is 1:50 000 000. Which one of the following explanations would you be able to use to
explain to your client what this scale means?
(1) 5 km in reality is represented by 1 cm on the map
(2) 50 km in reality is represented by 1 cm on the map
(3) 500 km in reality is represented by 1 cm on the map
(4) 500 000 cm in reality is represented by 1 cm on the map
(5) 50 000 cm in reality is represented by 1 cm on the map