Question

Trey made a scale drawing of a microchip using a scale of 2 inches to 1 centimeter. His drawing was an enlargement that depicted the chip as 6 inches long and 4 inches wide. However, the drawing isn’t big enough to clearly show all of the chip’s components. So he wants to make the drawing larger.

Complete the steps below to figure the dimensions of the scale drawing if Trey changes the scale to 3 inches to 1 centimeter.
Part D: Use the actual width from part B to find the width of the microchip in Trey’s new scale drawing.
Part B's answer: The actual width of the microchip is 2 centimeters

Answer 1

To find the width of the microchip in Trey's new scale drawing, we need to apply the new scale of 3 inches to 1 centimeter. If the actual width of the microchip is 2 centimeters, we can multiply it by the new scale to find the equivalent width in inches.

So, the width of the microchip in Trey's new scale drawing would be 2 centimeters * (3 inches/1 centimeter) = 6 inches.

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