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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To convert the scale drawing from 1 box = 4 inches to 1 box = 2 inches, we can divide the original scale by 2.
Original scale: 1 box = 4 inches
New scale: 1 box = 2 inches
To find the width in boxes of the new drawing, we divide the original width in boxes by the scale conversion factor of 2.
Original width in boxes: 3 boxes
New width in boxes: 3 boxes / 2 = 1.5 boxes
Therefore, the width in boxes of the new drawing will be 1.5 boxes.