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A grid is shown with a rectangle drawn on it. The rectangle is 7 units long and 3 units wide, labeled with 7 and 3 respectively.
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?
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1.5
1.5
9
9
14
14
6
6
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The new scale is 1 box = 2 inches, so we need to divide the original width in boxes (3 boxes) by 2 to find the width in boxes of the new drawing.
3 boxes ÷ 2 = 1.5
Therefore, the width in boxes of the new drawing will be 1.5.