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

1.6 square inches
1.6 square inches

20 square inches
20 square inches

6.4 square inches
6.4 square inches

3.2 square inches

Answer 1

The area of a triangle is calculated using the formula A = 1/2 * base * height.

In the original triangle:
A = 1/2 * 8 * 5
A = 20 square inches

In the scale drawing:
Let x be the unknown base of the scale drawing.
A = 1/2 * x * 2
20 = 1/2 * x * 2
20 = x

Therefore, the base of the scale drawing is 10 inches.

Now, calculate the area of the scale drawing using this base and the height of 2 inches:
A = 1/2 * 10 * 2
A = 10 square inches

Therefore, the area of Crystal's scale drawing is 10 square inches.

Answer 2

1.6 square inches
1.6 square inches

20 square inches
20 square inches

6.4 square inches
6.4 square inches

3.2 square inches Only one of these

Answer 3

I apologize for the mistake. Let's correct it:

The area of the scale drawing is 1/4 of the area of the original triangle because the height is 2 inches compared to 5 inches, which is a scale factor of 2.

20 (original area) / 4 = 5 square inches

Therefore, the correct answer should be 5 square inches.