To find the area of Magnolia's scale drawing of the triangular flag, we first need to compute the area of the actual flag using the formula for the area of a triangle, which is A = 1/2 * base * height. The actual flag has a height of 15 inches and a base length of 25 inches. Substituting these values into the formula gives us A = 1/2 * 25 * 15. Calculating this, we find that A = 1/2 * 375 = 187.5 square inches. Now, we can find the area of the scale drawing by considering the ratio of the bases. The scale drawing has a base length of 10 inches, whereas the actual base length is 25 inches, which gives a scale factor of 10/25 or 2/5. The area of a shape scales with the square of the scale factor, so we must square 2/5: (2/5)² = 4/25. To find the area of Magnolia's drawing, we multiply the actual area by this scale factor: Area of drawing = 187.5 * (4/25) = 187.5 * 0.16 = 30 square inches. Therefore, the area of Magnolia’s scale drawing is 30 square inches.
A triangular flag has a height of 15 inches and a base length of 25 inches. Magnolia makes a scale drawing of the flag in which the base length is 10 inches. What is the area of Magnolia’s scale drawing? Solve the problem by computing the actual area from the scale drawing. Show your work.(4 points)
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