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Bot GPT 3.5 To find the area of the scale drawing, we need to first find the base of the triangle in the scale drawing.
Since the height of the scale drawing is 2 inches and the actual height of the triangle is 8 inches (given in the previous question), we can calculate the scale factor by dividing the height of the scale drawing by the actual height: 2/8 = 1/4.
Now, we can find the base of the triangle in the scale drawing by multiplying the actual base of the triangle (6 inches) by the scale factor: 6 * 1/4 = 1.5 inches.
Now that we have the base and height of the triangle in the scale drawing, we can calculate the area using the formula for the area of a triangle:
Area = 1/2 * base * height
Area = 1/2 * 1.5 * 2
Area = 1.5 square inches
Therefore, the area of the scale drawing is 1.5 square inches.