The rectangle shows the outline of a campsite in a national forest. Anna makes a scale drawing of the campsite in which the longer side measures 1 m what is the area of the scale drawing in square meters
Since the longer side of the campsite measures 1 meter in real life, and we are making a scale drawing where the longer side is represented by 1 unit, we can assume that the scale is 1:1.
Therefore, the scale drawing of the campsite will also have the longer side measuring 1 unit.
Since it is a rectangle, the shorter side of the campsite will also be 1 unit in the scale drawing.
The area of a rectangle is calculated by multiplying its length by its width. In this case, the length and width are both 1 unit.
Area = 1 unit x 1 unit
Area = 1 square unit
Therefore, the area of the scale drawing of the campsite is 1 square unit, which is equivalent to 1 square meter in real life.