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?
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Responses
96 square inches
96 square inches
13 square meters
Start Fraction 1 over 3 end fraction square meters
192 square inches
192 square inches
12 square inches
To find the area of Alfredo's scale drawing, we need to find the ratio of the top edge of the original poster to the top edge of the scale drawing.
Original top edge: 24 inches
Scale drawing top edge: 8 inches
Ratio: 8/24 = 1/3
Now, we need to find the area of the original poster:
Original area = 36 inches * 24 inches = 864 square inches
And then find the area of the scale drawing:
Scale drawing area = 1/3 * 864 square inches = 288 square inches
So, the area of Alfredo's scale drawing is 288 square inches.
Therefore, the correct answer is:
192 square inches