Asked by jimmybob

Crystal cuts a piece of wood into the shape of a triangle. The height of the triangle is 5 inches, and the base of the triangle measures 8 inches. Crystal makes a scale drawing of the triangle. If the height of her scale drawing is 2 inches, what is the area of her scale drawing?

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Responses

20 square inches
20 square inches

6.4 square inches
6.4 square inches

1.6 square inches
1.6 square inches

3.2 square inches

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Scale factor = 2/5 = 0.4. Area scales by (0.4)^2 = 0.16. Original area = 1/2·8·5 = 20, so drawing area = 20·0.16 = 3.2 square inches.