A reduced scale drawing of a rectangle measures 12 inches by 16 inches. The scale factor is 1/4. What is the size of the original rectangle? A. 3 in. * 4 in. B. 16 in. * 20 in. C. 36 in. * 48 in. D. 48 in. * 64 in. Please show ALL work! <3

D) 48 inches by 64 inches

Explanation:

The scale factor is 1/4 = 0.25, meaning that the original preimage is larger and it is reduced to get the image. The reduced width is 12, so the original width is 12/0.25 = 48 inches. The reduced length is 16 making the original to be 16/0.25 = 64.

note that

48*0.25 = 12

64*0.25 = 16

showing how a 48 by 64 rectangle is reduced to a 12 by 16 rectangle after applying the scale factor to each dimension