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coldgirl [10]
2 years ago
11

A scale drawing of a rectangle is made by using a scale factor of StartFraction 5 over 8 EndFraction. The original and the scale

drawing are shown below. A rectangle has a length of 18 inches and width of 12 inches. [Not drawn to scale] Which method can be used to find the dimensions of the original rectangle? 18 minus StartFraction 5 over 8 EndFraction = 17 and StartFraction 3 over 8 EndFraction inches and 12 minus StartFraction 5 over 8 EndFraction = 11 and StartFraction 3 over 8 EndFraction inches StartFraction 5 over 8 EndFraction divided by 18 = StartFraction 5 over 144 EndFraction inches and StartFraction 5 over 8 EndFraction divided by 12 = StartFraction 5 over 96 EndFraction inches 18 times StartFraction 5 over 8 EndFraction = 11 and one-fourth inches and 12 times StartFraction 5 over 8 EndFraction = 7 and one-half inches 18 divided by StartFraction 5 over 8 EndFraction = 28 and four-fifths inches and 12 divided by StartFraction 5 over 8 EndFraction = 19 and one-fifth inches
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1 answer:
Dafna1 [17]2 years ago
5 0

length of the original rectangle is 28.8 inches.

width of the original rectangle is 19.2 inches.

<h3>How to find the dimensions of the original rectangle?</h3>

given that the scale factor is

\frac{5}{8}

multiply the dimensions of original rectangle by 5/8 to obtain the dimensions of the scale drawing.

the following method is useful to find the dimensions of the original rectangle.

length of the original rectangle

\frac{8}{5}  \times 18 = 28.8 \: inches

width of the original rectangle\frac{8}{5}  \times 12 = 19.2 \: inches

learn more about dimensions of rectangle,refer

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