Adenan makes a scale drawing of a rectangular flower box. The length is 5 in., and the width is 3 in. Adenan changes the scale of the drawing from 1 in. : 4 ft to 1 in. : 6 ft. Which statement about the dimensions of the flower box is true?

The length of the flower box under the new scale is 15 ft.

The length of the flower box under the old scale is 30 ft.

The width of the flower box under the old scale is 12 ft.

The width of the flower box under the new scale is 24 ft.

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Harper Kim

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Adenan makes a scale drawing of a rectangular flower box. The length is 5 in., and the width is 3 in. Adenan changes the scale of the drawing from 1 in. : 4 ft to 1 in. : 6 ft. Which statement about the dimensions of the flower box is true?

The length of the flower box under the new scale is 15 ft.

The length of the flower box under the old scale is 30 ft.

The width of the flower box under the old scale is 12 ft.

The width of the flower box under the new scale is 24 ft.

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Nina Duffy · Answer 1

Length is 5 in, width is 3 in

scale drawing was 1 in to 4 ft

so the old length was : 5 * 4 = 20 ft

and the old width was : 3 * 4 = 12 ft <===

she changed the scale drawing from 1 in to 6 ft

so the new length is : 5 * 6 = 30 ft

and the new width is : 3 * 6 = 18 ft

so ur answer is C