Asked by xochitl

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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)

13
square meters

192 square inches

12 square inches

96 square inches
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The scale factor is 8/24 = 1/3, so the left edge is 36*(1/3) = 12 in. Area = 12 in * 8 in = 96 square inches.