A scale drawing of the triangle below is made. The height of the scale drawing is 2in. What is the area of the scale drawing? * 2 points 4.5 square inches 18 square inches 6.5 square inches 9 square inches

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To find the area of the scale drawing, we need to first find the base of the triangle in the scale drawing.

The base of the triangle is 9 units on the actual triangle. If the height of the scale drawing is 2 inches and the scale is 1 unit = 4.5 inches, then the base of the scale drawing would be:

9 units * 4.5 inches/unit = 40.5 inches

Now, we can find the area of the scale drawing:

Area = 0.5 * base * height
Area = 0.5 * 40.5 * 2
Area = 40.5 square inches

Therefore, the area of the scale drawing is 40.5 square inches.