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4. Study the map and answer the questions:

Distances
Windhoek musina
Gaborone Johannesburg to
Pretoria Cape town: 1 398 km
Johannesburg east london to beaufort
upington Kimberley
West: 575 km
bloemfontein
Durban Port elizabeth to
Vredendal Calvinia
beaufort West Cape town: 749 km
east london
Cape town musina to Pretoria:
George Port elizabeth
460 km

(a) It is 1 398 km from Johannesburg to Cape Town. Round
off the distance to the nearest 100 km.

(b) It is 749 km from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth. Round off
that distance to the nearest 100 km.
(c) About how far is it from hint: look at the
Johannesburg to Kimberley? distances given next
Estimate the distance. to the map. use your
ruler to compare and
(d) About how far is it from measure distances on
East London to Bloemfontein? the map.

(e) About how far is it from
Upington to Bloemfontein?

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