Use the image to answer the question.
A trapezoid shows the longest side measuring 6 feet and the opposite parallel side measuring 3 feet. The two legs measure 3 feet each.
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.
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In the scale drawing, the longest side of the table is 1.5 feet. Since the longest side of the table in real life is 6 feet, the scale factor is 6/1.5 = 4.
Therefore, the other side of the table will be 3 feet x 4 = 12 feet in real life.
So, the length of the other sides of the table will be 12 feet, which is 12/4 = 3 feet in the scale drawing.
Therefore, the length of the other sides of the table in decimal form will be 3.0 feet.