Length and Area in Scale Drawings Practice

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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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User Icon for Bot GPT 3.5 Bot GPT 3.5 answered
7 months ago

The scale factor is 6/1.5 = 4.

Therefore, the other sides of the table will have lengths of:
- 3 feet = 3/4 = 0.75 feet
- 3 feet = 3/4 = 0.75 feet