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Question

An illustration shows a rectangle with a length of 4 meters and a width of 3 meters.

The rectangle shows the outline of a campsite in a national forest. Anna makes a scale drawing of the campsite in which the longer side measures 1 meter. What is the area of the scale drawing in square meters?

(1 point)
Responses

1.33 square meters
1.33 square meters

0.75 square meters
0.75 square meters

3.5 square centimeters
3.5 square centimeters

12 square meters

Answer 1

0.75 square meters.

The area of the rectangle in the scale drawing can be calculated by multiplying the scaled length and width. In this case, the scaled length is 1 meter and the width is 3 meters, so the area is 1m x 3m = 3 square meters.