Asked by jimmybob

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

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Scale factor (linear) = 10/25 = 2/5.
Scaled height = 15*(2/5) = 6 inches.
Area of the drawing = (1/2) * base * height = (1/2) * 10 * 6 = 30 square inches.