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A surveyor measured the distance between two points on the plan drawn to a scale of 1 cm is equal 40 m and the result was 468 m. But, actual scale is 1 cm = 20 m. Find the true distance between the two points.

a.

992 m

b.

936 m

c.

987 m

d.

967 m

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Answer: (b).936 m

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