Original Poster

Question

Scale Drawing

left edge (in.)

36

?

top edge (in.)

8

24

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)

192 square inches

12 square inches

1/3
square meters

96 square inches

Answer 1

To find the area of Alfredo's scale drawing, we need to find the dimensions of the scale drawing first.

Using the scale factor between the original poster and the scale drawing, we can calculate the length of the left edge in the scale drawing:

Original length / Original width = Scale length / Scale width

36 / 8 = Scale length / 24

Scale length = (36/8) x 24 = 108 inches

Now, we can calculate the area of Alfredo's scale drawing:

Area = Length x Width
Area = 108 x 24
Area = 2592 square inches

Therefore, the area of Alfredo's scale drawing is 2592 square inches.