Crystal cuts a piece of wood into the shape of a triagle . The hight of the triagle is 5 inches, and the base of the triagle is 8 inches. She makes a scale drawing of the triangle . If the base of her scale drawing is 4 inches, What is the hight of her scale drawing?

Answer 1

To find the height of Crystal's scale drawing, we can set up a ratio using the given measurements:

Height of actual triangle / Base of actual triangle = Height of scale drawing / Base of scale drawing

5 inches / 8 inches = h / 4 inches

Cross multiplying, we get:

8h = 20
h = 20/8
h = 2.5

Therefore, the height of Crystal's scale drawing is 2.5 inches.