Question

A rectangular rug is 12.5 and 10 the rug needs to be reduced by the scale factor of 1/5 to be placed near a door.what is thearea in square feet

Answer 1

12.5 * 10 = 125 square feet (ORIGINAL RUG)

2.5 * 2 = 5 square feet (SCALED RUG)

or

10 * 8 = 80 square feet (SCALED RUG)

Its one of these, you didnt provide enough info to get one answer. Hope this helped though!