Spencer draws a rectangle to represent the size of the city block where he lives. The rectangle is labeled in inches. Spencer decides he wants to make a smaller scale drawing of the rectangle in which the width is just 1.5 inches long. What will be the length of the rectangle in Spencer's new scale drawing? Write your answer in decimal form.

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Answer 1

To find the length of the rectangle in the new scale drawing, we need to maintain the same ratio as the original rectangle.

Let's say the original length of the city block is L inches and the original width is 9 inches.

The scale factor from the original rectangle to the new scale drawing is 1.5 / 9 = 0.1667.

So, the length of the rectangle in Spencer's new scale drawing will be 0.1667 * L inches.