Question

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? 4m 3m square

(1 point)

1.33 square meters

0.75 square meters

3.5 square centimeters

12 square meters
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Answer 1

Original campsite is 4 m by 3 m, so area = 12 m^2. The longer side is scaled from 4 m to 1 m, so linear scale factor = 1/4. Area scales by (1/4)^2 = 1/16, so the drawing's area = 12*(1/16) = 0.75 m^2.

Answer: 0.75 square meters.