Question

Question
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An illustration shows a rectangle with a length of 4 meters and a width of 3 meters.

The rectangle shows the outline of a campsite in a national forest. Anna makes a scale drawing of the campsite in which the longer side measures 1 meter. What is the area of the scale drawing in square meters?

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Responses

1.33 square meters
1.33 square meters

3.5 square centimeters
3.5 square centimeters

12 square meters
12 square meters

0.75 square meters
0.75 square meters

Answer 1

Scale factor = 1/4 (since 1 m corresponds to 4 m). Area scales by (1/4)^2 = 1/16. Original area = 4×3 = 12 m², so drawing area = 12 × 1/16 = 0.75 m².

Answer: 0.75 square meters.