Q:

Tran planned a rectangular pool and made a scale drawing using centimeters as the unit of measurement. He originally planned for the length of the pool to be 40 m but decided to change it to 32 m. If the length of the pool in his scale drawing is 8 cm, which statement about the change of scale is true?One cm represented 5 m in the first scale, but now 1 cm represents 4 m in the second scale.One cm represented 40 m in the first scale, but now 1 cm represents 32 m in the second scale.One cm represented 1 m in the first scale, but now 1 cm represents 5 ft in the second scale.One cm represented 4 m in the first scale, but now 1 cm represents 5 m in the second scale.

Accepted Solution

A:
The answer is the first choice, one cm represented 5 m in the first scale, but now 1 cm represents 4 m in the second scale.