If every 2 inches of Yolanda's drawing represents 3 feet of the actual wall, we can use the scale factor to convert the dimensions of the drawing to the dimensions of the actual wall.
Since we are dealing with area, we need to square the scale factor.
2 inches : 3 feet
(2 inches / 3 feet)^2 = (2/36)² = 1/324
This means that every square inch of Yolanda's drawing represents 1/324 square feet of the actual wall.
If the area of the mural in Yolanda's drawing is A square inches, then the area of the actual mural is:
A (square inches) x (1/324) (square feet per square inch) = A/324 square feet
Therefore, to find the area of the actual mural in square feet, we need to first find the area of the mural in Yolanda's drawing and then divide by 324.
If the area of the mural in Yolanda's drawing is, for example, 500 square inches, then the area of the actual mural is:
500 (square inches) / 324 = 1.54 square feet (rounded to two decimal places)
Therefore, the area of the actual mural is 1.54 square feet.
