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 3-inch hight 9-inch width

Answer 1

The scale factor of Tiyane's scale drawing is:

3 inches in height : 9 inches in width

This can be simplified to:

1 inch in height : 3 inches in width

To find the actual length of the shorter side of the parallelogram, we need to determine the corresponding length in the scale drawing.

Since the longer side in the scale drawing is 22.5 inches, we can set up a proportion:

1 inch : 3 inches = x inches : 22.5 inches

Solving for x, we get:

x = (1 inch * 22.5 inches) / 3 inches
x = 7.5 inches

Therefore, the length of the parallelogram's shorter side in Tiyane's scale drawing is 7.5 inches.

Answer 2

What is the answer 2.5 or 7.5 ?