Magnolia made a drawing of a flag that's 6 inches tall. The actual flag is 15 inches tall and the area is 187.5 square inches. Magnolia's scale drawing has an area of 30 square inches. To find the actual area of the scale drawing we multiply by the scale factor squared which is 4/25. The actual area is 24 square inches. can you make thjs sound like a 7th grader
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Magnolia drew a flag that's 6 inches tall, but the real flag is 15 inches tall and has an area of 187.5 square inches. That means Magnolia's drawing is 30 square inches. To find the actual area of Magnolia's drawing, we multiply by the scale factor squared, which is 4/25. The actual area is 24 square inches.