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A parallelogram shows the longer side on the top measuring 9 inches and the shorter side on the right measuring 3 inches.

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?

(1 point)

0.4 inches

2.5 inches

7.5 inches

60 inches
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Scale factor = 22.5 / 9 = 2.5. Shorter side = 3 × 2.5 = 7.5 inches.

Answer: 7.5 inches.