A triangular flag has a height of 15 inches and a base length of 25 inches. Magnolia makes a scale drawing of the flag in which the base length is 10 inches. What is the area of Magnolia’s scale drawing? Solve the problem by computing the actual area from the scale drawing. Show your work. Pls answer like a 7th to 8th grader in the least amount of sentences possible
To find the area of the scale drawing, we need to first calculate the scale factor. The scale factor is the ratio of the actual length to the scaled length. In this case, the scale factor is 25/10 = 2.5.
Next, we need to find the actual height of the flag in the scale drawing. Since the height in the actual flag is 15 inches, the height in the scale drawing would be 15/2.5 = 6 inches.
Now, we can calculate the area of the scale drawing by multiplying the scaled base length (10 inches) by the scaled height (6 inches). Therefore, the area of Magnolia's scale drawing is 10 inches * 6 inches = 60 square inches.