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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7.5
2.5
To find the length of the shorter side in Tiyane's scale drawing, we need to determine the scale factor. The scale factor is the ratio of the length of the longer side in the actual parallelogram to the length of the longer side in Tiyane's drawing.
Given that the longer side in Tiyane's drawing is 22.5 inches, and the actual longer side length is 22.5 inches, the scale factor is 22.5/22.5 = 1.
Next, we use this scale factor to find the length of the shorter side in Tiyane's drawing. Since the actual shorter side length is 7.5 inches, we multiply this by the scale factor of 1 to get:
7.5 * 1 = 7.5
Therefore, the length of the parallelogram's shorter side in Tiyane's scale drawing is 7.5 inches.
So the answer is 7.5.