Marie has a small copy of Renny Margaret's famous painting the Schoolmaster her copy has the dimensions of 2 inch by 1.5 in the scale of the copy is the one in 40 cm find the dimensions of the original painting

The answer is 743.4 square inches

Step-by-step explanation:

1. find the length - 2 x 40=80 cm

2. find the width - 1.5 x 40 = 60cm

3. find area (Length x width) - 80 x 60 = 4800 square cm

4. find length but in inches - 1in=2.54cm length=80/2.54 = 31.5 inches

5. find width but in inches - width = 60/2.54 = 23.6 inches

6. Find area (length x width) - 31.5 x 23.6 = 743.4 square inches