Question
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A parallelogram shows the longer side on the top measuring 9 inches and the shorter side on the right measuring 3 inches.
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?
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Responses
The length of the shorter side in Tiyane's scale drawing can be determined using the scale factors. Since the longer side in the original parallelogram is 9 inches and in Tiyane's drawing it is 22.5 inches, the scale factor is 22.5/9 = 2.5.
Therefore, to find the length of the shorter side in Tiyane's scale drawing, we multiply the original shorter side length of 3 inches by the scale factor:
3 inches * 2.5 = 7.5 inches
So, the length of the parallelogram's shorter side in Tiyane's scale drawing is 7.5 inches.