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Mark wants to create a scale drawing of the poster shown below: A rectangle is shown. The length of the rectangle is labeled 4 centimeters. The width of the rectangle is labeled 10 centimeters. What are
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Mark wants to create a scale drawing of the poster shown below: A rectangle is shown. The length of the rectangle is labeled 4 centimeters. The width of the rectangle is labeled 10 centimeters. What are the dimensions of the poster at one-half its current size? 2 cm by 10 cm 2 cm by 5 cm 8 cm by 20 cm 8 cm by 5 cm

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The poster would be 2cm by 5cm as you multiply it by 1/2
User Tara
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2 cm by 5 cm
each of the lengths are divided by two (4/2=2, 10/2=5) to give you the lengths of the poster half of its size

technically you aren't dividing the poster in half, you are multiplying its size by one half.
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