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An illustration shows a triangle with a base labeled 8 inches. A line runs through the center of the triangle from the apex to the base. This perpendicular height is labeled 5 inches.
Crystal cuts a piece of wood into the shape of a triangle. The height of the triangle is 5 inches, and the base of the triangle measures 8 inches. Crystal makes a scale drawing of the triangle. If the height of her scale drawing is 2 inches, what is the area of her scale drawing?
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Responses
20 square inches
20 square inches
1.6 square inches
1.6 square inches
3.2 square inches
3.2 square inches
6.4 square inches
6.4 square inches
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The area of a triangle can be calculated using the formula A = 0.5 * base * height. In this case, the base is 8 inches and the height is 2 inches in the scale drawing. Plugging the values into the formula, we get A = 0.5 * 8 * 2 = 8 square inches. Therefore, the area of Crystal's scale drawing is 8 square inches.
Therefore, the correct answer is 8 square inches.