Clarissa made a scale drawing of a rectangle. She used a scale factor of 3 to draw the new rectangle. How does the length of the new rectangle compare to the original?

The length of the new rectangle is One-third the length of the original.
The length of the new rectangle is StartFraction 1 over 12 EndFraction the length of the original.
The length of the new rectangle is 3 times the length of the original.
The length of the new rectangle is 12 times the length of the original.

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The correct answer is: The length of the new rectangle is 3 times the length of the original.