Question

Scale: 1 box = 4 inchesna Maria needs to convert this scale drawing from a scale of 1 box = 4 inches to a scale of 1 box = 2 inches. The width in the scale drawing shown is 3 boxes. What will be the width in boxes of the new drawing?

Answer 1

To convert the scale from 1 box = 4 inches to 1 box = 2 inches, we need to halve the size of each box.

Since the width in the original scale drawing is 3 boxes, the width in the new drawing will be 3 boxes divided by 2.

Width in new drawing = 3 boxes / 2 = 1.5 boxes. Answer: \boxed{1.5}.