Question

The rectangular pool is 24 feet in length and 36 feet in width. A scale drawing of the pool has a length of 8 inches. What is the area, in square inches, of the pool in the scale drawing? Responses A 7272 B 9696 C 4040 D 864

Answer 1

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The actual area of the pool is 24 * 36 = 864 square feet.

If the scale drawing has a length of 8 inches, the scale factor is 24 feet / 8 inches = 3.
This means that any measurements on the scale drawing are 1/3 of the actual measurements.

Therefore, the area of the pool in the scale drawing is (864 square feet / 3^2) = 96 square feet.

Since 1 square foot is equal to 144 square inches, the area of the pool in the scale drawing is 96 * 144 = 13824 square inches.

Therefore, the answer is B) 9696 square inches.