a rectangular painting has an area of 720 square inches.jasmine reduced the length and width of this painting by a scale factor of 1/6 to create a minature copy.what is the area of the miniature copy?

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anonymous · Answer

25/36 of the original. The width and length are 5/6 of their originals so the area is (5/6)^2. 500 square inches.

anonymous · Answer

Although that is very misleading. If you increase by a scale factor of 1/6, that makes it 1/6 the size. If you reduce by 1/6, that makes it 5/6 the size. Reducing by a scale factor of 1/6 doesn't make sense.

anonymous · Answer

Unless it's getting bigger.