Question

Marie has a small copy of Renny Margaret's famous painting the Schoolmaster her copy has the dimensions of 2 inch by 1.5 in the scale of the copy is the one in 40 cm find the dimensions of the original painting ​

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is 743.4 square inches

Step-by-step explanation:

1. find the length-   2 x 40=80 cm

2. find the width-  1.5 x 40= 60cm

3. find area (Length x width)-  80 x 60= 4800 square cm

4. find length but in inches-   1in=2.54cm  length=80/2.54 = 31.5 inches

5. find width but in inches-  width= 60/2.54= 23.6 inches

6. Find area(length x width)-  31.5 x 23.6= 743.4 square inches