spencer draws a rectangle to represent the size of the city block where he lives.The rectangle is labeled in inches.Spencer decides he wants to make a smaller scale drawing of the rectangle in which the width is just 1.5 inches long.What will be the length of the rectangle in spencers new scale drawing.write your answer in decimal form
To find the length of the rectangle in Spencer's new scale drawing, we need to calculate the ratio of the length of the smaller scale drawing to the length of the original rectangle.
Let's say the length of the original rectangle is x inches. Since the width of the new scale drawing is just 1.5 inches, the width of the original rectangle must also be 1.5 inches.
Therefore, the ratio of the length of the smaller scale drawing to the length of the original rectangle is: 1.5 inches / x inches.
Since the width of the original rectangle is the same as the width of the new scale drawing, the ratio of the widths will be 1.
Setting up the ratio:
1.5 inches / x inches = 1.
To solve for x, we will cross multiply:
1.5 inches = x inches.
Therefore, the length of the rectangle in Spencer's new scale drawing will be 1.5 inches.