Question

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An illustration shows a rectangle with a length of 4 meters and a width of 3 meters.

The rectangle shows the outline of a campsite in a national forest. Anna makes a scale drawing of the campsite in which the longer side measures 1 meter. What is the area of the scale drawing in square meters?

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Responses

12 square meters
12 square meters

3.5 square centimeters
3.5 square centimeters

0.75 square meters
0.75 square meters

1.33 square meters

Answer 1

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1.33 square meters

To find the area of the scale drawing, we need to first determine the scale factor. Since the longer side of the rectangle in the scale drawing measures 1 meter while the actual longer side measures 4 meters, the scale factor is 1/4 = 0.25.

Next, multiply the width of the actual rectangle by the scale factor to find the width of the scale drawing: 3 meters x 0.25 = 0.75 meters.

Finally, calculate the area of the scale drawing by multiplying the length and width: 1 meter x 0.75 meters = 0.75 square meters.