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? 9 inch height 3 inch width
To find the length of the shorter side in Tiyane's scale drawing, we first need to determine the scale factor used for the drawing.
The longer side of the parallelogram is 22.5 inches in Tiyane's drawing, and the actual longer side is 9 inches. To find the scale factor, we divide the length of the drawn longer side by the actual longer side:
22.5 inches / 9 inches = 2.5
This means that Tiyane's scale drawing is 2.5 times larger than the actual parallelogram.
To find the length of the shorter side in the scale drawing, we multiply the actual length of the shorter side by the scale factor:
3 inches (actual length of the shorter side) x 2.5 = 7.5 inches
Therefore, the length of the parallelogram's shorter side in Tiyane's scale drawing is 7.5 inches.