A triangular flag has a height of 15 inches and a base of 25 inches. Magnolia makes a scale drawing of the flag in which the base lengths is 10 inches. What is the area of Magonlias scale drawing? Solve the problem by computing the actual area from the scale drawing. Show your work.
First, we need to find the scale factor used by Magnolia to draw the flag.
Scale factor = actual base length / scale base length
Scale factor = 25 / 10 = 2.5
Next, we need to find the actual height of the flag in the scale drawing:
Scale height = actual height / Scale factor
Scale height = 15 / 2.5 = 6 inches
Now, we can find the area of the scale drawing:
Area = 0.5 * base * height
Area = 0.5 * 10 * 6
Area = 30 square inches
Therefore, the area of Magnolia's scale drawing of the flag is 30 square inches.