Based on the distance between Peterborough and Ottawa, the distance in centimeters between the cities on a map would be 2.7 cm.
How to find the distance on a map?
To find the distance on a map, you need to know the scale of the distance between two areas on that map.
A scale of 1 cm to 100 km means that every centimeter on the map is equivalent to 100 km on the ground.
If Peterborough and Ottawa are 270 km apart from each other, then their distance on the map is:
= 270 km / 100 km per centimeter
= 2.7 cm
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