Asked by jimmybob

Question
Use the table to answer the question.

Scale Drawing Dimensions
Original Poster Scale Drawing
left edge (in.) 36 ?
top edge (in.) 24 8
A local food organization puts out a healthy foods poster. The poster is in the shape of a rectangle, and its dimensions are given in the table. Alfredo wants to make a smaller version of the poster to hang up in the community center. He makes a scale drawing of the poster with the length of the top edge given in the table. What is the area of Alfredo’s scale drawing?

(1 point)
Responses

96 square inches
96 square inches

12 square inches
12 square inches

192 square inches
192 square inches

13
1
3
square meters

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Original scale factor = 8/24 = 1/3.
Left edge in scale drawing = 36 × 1/3 = 12 in.
Area = 12 × 8 = 96 square inches.

Answer: 96 square inches.