The rectangle shows the outline of a campsite in a national forest, and it makes a scale drawing of the campsite in which the longer side measures 1 m what is the area of the skill trolling in square meters
Since the longer side of the rectangle in the scale drawing represents 1 meter, we can use this information to find the scale factor. Let's say the actual longer side of the campsite is 10 meters.
Scale factor = length of longer side in scale drawing / actual length of longer side
Scale factor = 1 meter / 10 meters
Scale factor = 0.1
To find the area of the scaled drawing, we need to square the scale factor because area is a two-dimensional measurement.
Area of scaled drawing = scale factor^2 * actual area
Area of scaled drawing = 0.1^2 * (10 meters * 1 meter)
Area of scaled drawing = 0.01 * 10 square meters
Area of scaled drawing = 0.1 square meters.