Chris is creating a triangular-shaped garden. he creates a scale drawing with coordinates a, b, and c to represent each corner of the garden. triangle abc has vertices located at a(4, 0), b(4, 3) and c(–3, 0).

see in the diagram above the triangle that represents chris’s garden. use the formula for the area of a triangle to determine the area of the garden in square units. show your work.

chris knows that 1 unit is equivalent to 2 ft on his graph. chris says that to calculate the area in square feet, he can just double the area that he calculated in square units. is chris correct? explain why or why not.

chris decides to plant corn in one-third of his garden. chris wants to plant only four corn plants in each square foot of this section of the garden to ensure each plant has enough room to grow. how many corn plants will he need? show your work.

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