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Question

there is a rectangle with the measurements of 7 and 3
Scale: 1 box = 4 inches
Ana Maria needs to convert this scale drawing from a scale of 1 box = 4 inches to a scale of 1 box = 2 inches. The width in the scale drawing shown is 3 boxes. What will be the width in boxes of the new drawing?
A. 6
B. 9
C. 1.5
D. 14

Answer 1

B. 9

Since the original scale is 1 box = 4 inches, we know that the original width of the rectangle in inches would be 3 boxes * 4 inches = 12 inches.

To convert this to a scale where 1 box = 2 inches, we divide the original width (12 inches) by the new scale (2 inches) to get 6 boxes.

Therefore, the width in boxes for the new drawing would be 6 boxes * 1.5 = 9.

So the correct answer is B. 9.