Crystal cuts a piece of wood into the shape of a triangle. The height of the triangle is 5 inches, and the base of the triangle measures 8 inches. Crystal makes a scale drawing of the triangle. If the height of her scale drawing is 2 inches, what is the area of her scale drawing? (1 point) Responses 6.4 square inches 6.4 square inches 1.6 square inches 1.6 square inches 20 square inches 20 square inches 3.2 square inches
To find the area of the scale drawing, we first need to find the scale factor by dividing the height of the scale drawing by the actual height of the triangle: 2 inches / 5 inches = 0.4
Next, we square the scale factor to find the area scale factor: 0.4^2 = 0.16
Finally, we multiply the area scale factor by the actual area of the triangle: 0.16 * 20 square inches = 3.2 square inches
Therefore, the area of Crystal's scale drawing is 3.2 square inches. The correct answer is 3.2 square inches.
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Apologies for the mistake in my calculations.
Let's try solving it again:
The height of the triangle is 5 inches and the height of the scale drawing is 2 inches. This gives us a scale factor of 2/5 = 0.4.
To find the area scale factor, we need to square the scale factor: 0.4^2 = 0.16.
The area of the triangle is 1/2 * base * height = 1/2 * 8 * 5 = 20 square inches.
Multiplying the area scale factor by the actual area of the triangle gives us the area of the scale drawing: 0.16 * 20 = 3.2 square inches.
Therefore, the correct answer is 3.2 square inches. Thank you for pointing out the error.