Use the image to answer the question.
Tiyane makes a scale drawing of the parallelogram.
The longer side of the parallelogram is 22.5 inches in
her drawing. What is the length of the parallelogram’s
shorter side in Tiyane’s scale drawing?
(1 point)
7.5 inches
0.4 inches
60 inches
2.5 inches
To find the length of the shorter side of the parallelogram in Tiyane's scale drawing, we need to use the scale factor.
In the image, the longer side of the parallelogram is 10 units long, and in Tiyane's drawing, it is 22.5 inches. So the scale factor is 22.5/10 = 2.25.
To find the length of the shorter side in Tiyane's drawing, we multiply the length of the shorter side in the original parallelogram by the scale factor.
Shorter side in Tiyane's drawing = 7.5 inches (original shorter side) multiplied by 2.25 (scale factor).
Shorter side in Tiyane's drawing = 7.5 x 2.25 = 16.875 inches
Therefore, the length of the parallelogram's shorter side in Tiyane's scale drawing is 16.875 inches. None of the given answer options match this calculation.