Question

a triangular flag has a height of 15 inches and a base length of 25 inches. magnolia makes a scale drawing of the flag in which the base length is 10 inches. what is the area of magnolias scale drawing? Solve the problem by computing the acual area from the scale drawing. show your work

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

To find the area of the scale drawing, we first need to find the scale factor.

Scale factor = Actual base length / Scale base length
Scale factor = 25 inches / 10 inches
Scale factor = 2.5

Now, we can find the actual height of the flag in the scale drawing:
Scale height = Actual height / Scale factor
Scale height = 15 inches / 2.5
Scale height = 6 inches

Now, we can find the area of the scale drawing:
Scale area = (1/2) * base length * height
Scale area = (1/2) * 10 inches * 6 inches
Scale area = 30 square inches

Therefore, the area of Magnolia's scale drawing is 30 square inches.