Question

Melvin is making a large poster for the school carnival. he skeched his design on a 9 inch by 12 inch sheet of paper then he expanded his design by a scale of 3 what are the dimensions of the poster. What is the area of the poster

Answer 1

Because the design is scaled by 3, the new dimensions are 9*3 X 12*3 = 27 X 36

Since the dimensions are 27 X 36, the area is equal to 27*36 = 972 square inches.