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)
192 square inches
12 square inches
1/3 square meters
◎ 96 square inches
To find the area of Alfredo's scale drawing, we need to calculate the scale factor first.
Scale factor = (length of top edge in scale drawing) / (length of top edge in original poster)
Scale factor = 8 / 24
Scale factor = 1/3
Now we can find the dimensions of Alfredo's scale drawing:
Left edge: 36 * 1/3 = 12
Top edge: 8
The area of Alfredo's scale drawing is:
Area = 12 * 8 = 96 square inches
Therefore, the area of Alfredo's scale drawing is 96 square inches.