Use the table to answer the question.
Original Poster Scale Drawing
eft edge (in.) 36 ?
top edge (in.) 24 8
A local food organization puts out a healthy food 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?
a. 96 square inches
b. 12 square inches
c. 1/3 square inches
d. 192 square inches
b. 12 square inches
To find the area of the scale drawing, you need to multiply the dimensions of the scale drawing. The top edge of the original poster is 24 inches, and the top edge of the scale drawing is 8 inches.
24 inches x 8 inches = 192 square inches
Therefore, the area of Alfredo's scale drawing is 192 square inches.