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?
If 1 box on the original scale drawing represents 4 inches, and 1 box on the new scale drawing represents 2 inches, then the new scale is half the original scale.
Since the width in the original drawing is 3 boxes, the width in the new drawing will be 3 boxes multiplied by the new scale factor of 1/2.
3 boxes * (1/2) = 3/2 = <<3/2=1.5>>1.5 boxes
Therefore, the width in boxes of the new drawing will be 1.5 boxes.