Crystal cuts a piece of wood into the shape of a triangle. The height of the triangle is 5 inches, makes a scale drawing of the triangle. If the height of her scale drawing is 2 inches, what is the (1 point)

Answer 1

height of the actual triangle in the scale drawing?

Using the scale factor of 2 (actual height : scale drawing height), we can calculate the height of the actual triangle in the scale drawing:

Actual height = 5 inches/2 = 2.5 inches

Therefore, the height of the actual triangle in the scale drawing is 2.5 inches.