Use the image to answer the question.
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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Responses
14
14
6
6
1.5
1.5
9
9
To convert the scale from 1 box = 4 inches to 1 box = 2 inches, we need to divide the width of the original drawing by 2.
The original width of the drawing is 3 boxes.
Dividing 3 boxes by 2, we get 1.5 boxes.
Therefore, the width in boxes of the new drawing will be 1.5.