Beth is designing a business card. She makes a scale drawing of her old business card by using a scale factor of Five-fourths. Her scale drawing is a 2 and one-half-inch by 5-inch rectangle. The print shop says that the scale drawing is a reduction of the original card because the original card must be 3 and StartFraction 1 over 8 EndFraction inches by 6 and one-fourth inches. Which explains the print shop's error and gives the correct dimensions of Beth's original card?
The scale factor is greater than 1 so the scale drawing is an enlargement, and the original card is 2 inches by 4 inches.
The scale factor is greater than 1 so the scale drawing is an enlargement, and the original card is 3 and three-fourths inches by 6 and one-fourth inches.
The scale factor is a fraction so the scale drawing is a reduction, and the original card is 2 inches by 4 inches.
The scale factor is a fraction so the scale drawing is a reduction, and the original card is 3 and three-fourths inches by 6 and one-fourth inches.