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?
To find the area of Alfredo's scale drawing, we need to determine the scaled dimensions of the rectangle based on the scale drawing.
Given that the length of the top edge in the scale drawing is 8 inches, we can set up a proportion to find the corresponding length of the left edge:
36 inches / 24 inches = x inches / 8 inches
x = (36 inches * 8 inches) / 24 inches
x = 12 inches
So, the left edge in Alfredo's scale drawing is 12 inches.
Now, we can calculate the area of Alfredo's scale drawing:
Area = 12 inches * 8 inches
Area = 96 square inches
Therefore, the area of Alfredo's scale drawing is 96 square inches.