Use the table to answer the question.
Original Poster Scale Drawing
left edge (in.) 36 ?
top edge (in.) 24 8
A local food organization puts out a healthy foods poster. The poster is in the shape of a rectangle, and its dimensions are given in the table. Alfredo wants to make a smaller version of the poster to hang up in the community center. He makes a scale drawing of the poster with the length of the top edge given in the table. What is the area of Alfredo’s scale drawing?
(1 point)
Responses
12 square inches
1/3 square meters
192 square inches
96 square inches
The scale factor for the drawing is 8/24 = 1/3. To find the area of Alfredo's scale drawing, we need to multiply the dimensions of the original poster by the scale factor.
36 inches x 1/3 = 12 inches
24 inches x 1/3 = 8 inches
Now, we can find the area by multiplying the length and width:
12 inches x 8 inches = 96 square inches
Therefore, the area of Alfredo's scale drawing is 96 square inches.
Answer: 96 square inches.