Brianna had a garden Box that is 8' by 12' this summer she decided that it is too big and wants to reduce it by a scale factor of 1/2 find the area of her new garden​

Given:

Brianna had a garden Box that is 8' by 12'.

She decided to reduce it by a scale factor of .

To find:

The area of her new garden.

Solution:

Let the length and width  of the original garden are 8 ft by 12 ft respectively.

Reduce the dimensions by a scale factor of .

Length of the new garden is

Width of the new garden is

Now, the area of the new garden is

Therefore, the area of the new garden is 24 sq. ft.

a = 11 : 4

b = 38

c = 1 for every 6