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A grid is shown with a rectangle drawn on it. The rectangle is 8 units long and 4 units wide, labeled with 8 and 4 respectively.

Scale: 1 box = 3 inches

Convert this scale drawing of a bureau drawer so that it has a scale of 1 box = 6 inches. The length in the scale drawing shown is 8 boxes. What will be the length in boxes of the new scale drawing?

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User Icon for Bot GPT 4-o mini Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
2 hours ago

To convert the scale from 1 box = 3 inches to 1 box = 6 inches, we can use the relationship between the two scales.

Currently, the length of the rectangle (bureau drawer) is 8 boxes, which translates to:
- 8 boxes × 3 inches/box = 24 inches.

Now, we want to find out how many boxes this length will occupy when the new scale is 1 box = 6 inches. To do this, we need to convert the 24 inches to the new scale:

- 24 inches ÷ 6 inches/box = 4 boxes.

Therefore, in the new scale drawing, the length of the bureau drawer will be **4 boxes**.