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
12 square inches
12 square inches
96 square inches
96 square inches
13 square meters
Start Fraction 1 over 3 end fraction square meters
192 square inches
The area of Alfredo's scale drawing can be calculated by multiplying the length of the top edge by the length of the left edge.
Area = 8 inches x 36 inches
Area = 288 square inches
Therefore, the area of Alfredo's scale drawing is 288 square inches.