Spencer draws a rectangle to represent the size of the city block where he lives. The rectangle is labeled in inches. Spencer decides he 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 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.
Rectangle Width: 12 inches
Rectangle Length: 20 inches
To find the length of the rectangle in Spencer's new scale drawing, we need to determine the scale factor by which the original width is reduced.
Original width: 12 inches
New width: 1.5 inches
Scale factor = New width / Original width
Scale factor = 1.5 inches / 12 inches
Scale factor = 0.125
To find the length of the rectangle in the new scale drawing, we multiply the original length by the scale factor:
New length = Original length * Scale factor
New length = 20 inches * 0.125
New length = 2.5 inches
Therefore, the length of the rectangle in Spencer's new scale drawing will be 2.5 inches.