To find the width in boxes of the new drawing when converting the scale from 1 box = 4 inches to 1 box = 2 inches, we can follow these steps:
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Determine the actual width in inches from the original scale:
- Since 1 box = 4 inches and the width in the drawing is 3 boxes,
- Actual width = 3 boxes × 4 inches/box = 12 inches.
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Convert the actual width back to boxes with the new scale:
- With the new scale of 1 box = 2 inches, we need to determine how many boxes correspond to the actual width of 12 inches.
- Number of boxes = Actual width / (new scale in inches per box) = 12 inches / 2 inches/box = 6 boxes.
Therefore, the width in boxes of the new drawing will be 6.
So the correct response is:
6