Neco 2022 Geography Question 1

A topographic map of the town of Ogbomoso is provided. The map scale is 1 cm : 500 m and the map is divided into a grid of 1 cm squares. The legend shows that the symbol ▭ denotes a school, ▲ denotes a hospital and a shaded area denotes a forest. The following data are extracted from the map: - Grid reference of Ogbomoso High School: (3.2 cm, 5.6 cm) measured from the left‑hand and bottom edges of the map respectively. - Grid reference of Ogbomoso General Hospital: (7.8 cm, 2.4 cm). - The forest occupies the rectangle bounded by the vertical grid lines x = 5 cm and x = 8 cm and the horizontal grid lines y = 3 cm and y = 6 cm. Using only the information above, answer the following: