The Washington Monument is 169 meters tall with a square base 16.8 m wide. An artist plans to construct a replica on the shore of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin, using a scale factor of 1:8.

Question

What is the area of the replica’s base in square meters rounded to two decimal places?

21.13

35.28

4.41

2.10

Answer 1

divide the area by 8^2

Answer 2

4.41