Question

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? the scale factor is 9/3

Answer 1

To find the length of the parallelogram's shorter side in Tiyane's scale drawing, we need to divide the scale factor by 3 to get the proportion between the longer and shorter sides.

The scale factor is 9/3, so (9/3) / 3 = 3

Now we can multiply the longer side of the parallelogram in the drawing (22.5 inches) by the proportion to find the length of the shorter side:

22.5 inches * 3 = 67.5 inches

The shorter side of the parallelogram in Tiyane's drawing is 67.5 inches.