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 Spencer's new scale drawing? Write your answer in decimal form.(1 point)
To find the length of the rectangle in the new scale drawing, we need to use the scale factor.
The original width of the city block is represented by x inches, and Spencer wants to make it 1.5 inches in the new scale drawing.
So, the scale factor is 1.5/x = 1.5/6 = 0.25.
To find the length in the new scale drawing, we multiply the scale factor by the original length:
0.25 * 6 = 1.5 inches
Therefore, the length of the rectangle in Spencer's new scale drawing will be 1.5 inches.