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A grid is shown with a rectangle drawn on it. The rectangle is 3 units long and 2 units wide, labeled with 3 and 2 respectively.
Scale: 1 box = 15 feet
Convert this scale drawing so that it has a scale of 1 box = 5 feet. The width in the scale drawing shown is 2 boxes. What will be the width in boxes of the new scale drawing?
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To convert the scale from 1 box = 15 feet to 1 box = 5 feet, we need to divide the measurement in the original scale by 3.
Since the width in the original scale drawing is 2 boxes, the width in the new scale drawing will be 2 ÷ 3 = 0.67 boxes.