Original Poster Scale Drawing

Question

left edge (in.) 36 ?
top edge (in.) 24 8
A local food organization puts out a healthy foods poster. The poster is in the shape of a rectangle, and its dimensions are given in the table. Alfredo wants to make a smaller version of the poster to hang up in the community center. He makes a scale drawing of the poster with the length of the top edge given in the table. What is the area of Alfredo’s scale drawing?

(1 point)
Responses

96 square inches
96 square inches

13 square meters
Start Fraction 1 over 3 end fraction square meters

192 square inches
192 square inches

12 square inches

Answer 1

To find the area of Alfredo's scale drawing, we need to find the ratio of the top edge of the original poster to the top edge of the scale drawing.

Original top edge: 24 inches
Scale drawing top edge: 8 inches

Ratio: 8/24 = 1/3

Now, we need to find the area of the original poster:
Original area = 36 inches * 24 inches = 864 square inches

And then find the area of the scale drawing:
Scale drawing area = 1/3 * 864 square inches = 288 square inches

So, the area of Alfredo's scale drawing is 288 square inches.

Therefore, the correct answer is:
192 square inches