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?
To convert from a scale of 1 box = 4 inches to 1 box = 2 inches, we need to halve the length of each box.
If the width in the scale drawing shown is 3 boxes, then the width in inches is 3 boxes * 4 inches/box = 12 inches.
To find the width in boxes of the new drawing, we divide the width in inches by the new scale: 12 inches / 2 inches/box = 6 boxes.
Therefore, the width in boxes of the new drawing is 6 boxes.