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A piece of carpet is 8 feet wide and 12 feet long. The carpet needs to be reduced by a scale factor so that the reduced carpet
is 2 feet wide. What is the area of the reduced carpet?
O 6 square feet
O 12 square feet
O 24 square feet
O 48 square feet
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Answer 1

6 square feet

Explanation:

Carpet has w= 8 ft and l = 12 ft

Reduced carpet has w' = 2 ft

Reduction factor is

• 8/2 = 4

Then

• l' = l/4 = 12/4 = 3 ft

Area of small carpet

• S = 2*3 = 6 ft²