The image shows a table at a restaurant in the shape of a trapezoid. The restaurant owners want to determine if trapezoidal tables will fit comfortably into the rest of the dining room. The owners make a scale drawing of the dining room and a scale drawing of the table. If the greatest length of the table is represented in the scale drawing by 1.5 feet, what will the length of the other sides of the table be? Write your answer in decimal form.m
6 ft
3ft
3ft
3ft
Since the length of the table in the scale drawing is 1.5 feet and the actual length is 6 feet, we need to determine the scale factor by dividing the actual length by the scale length.
Scale factor = 6 ft / 1.5 ft = 4
Now we can use the scale factor to find the length of the other sides of the table in the scale drawing.
3 ft x 4 = 12 ft
Therefore, the length of the other sides of the table will be:
12 ft
3 ft
3 ft