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
192 square inches
192 square inches
12 square inches
12 square inches
13 square meters
Start Fraction 1 over 3 end fraction square meters
96 square inches
The original poster's dimensions are 36 inches by 24 inches, and the scale of the drawing for the top edge is 8 inches. This means the scale of the drawing is 8/24 = 1/3 of the original size.
To find the dimensions of Alfredo's scale drawing, we multiply the original dimensions by the scale of the drawing:
Length: 36 inches * 1/3 = 12 inches
Width: 8 inches
The area of Alfredo's scale drawing is:
12 inches * 8 inches = 96 square inches
Therefore, the correct answer is:
96 square inches