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Question

A grid is shown with a rectangle drawn on it. The rectangle is 3 units long and 2 units wide, labeled with 3 and 2 respectively.

Scale: 1 box = 15 feet

Convert this scale drawing so that it has a scale of 1 box = 5 feet. The width in the scale drawing shown is 2 boxes. What will be the width in boxes of the new scale drawing?

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Answer 1

Since the original scale is 1 box = 15 feet, and the new scale is 1 box = 5 feet, the new scale is 1/3 of the original scale.

To convert the width from the original scale to the new scale, we divide the original width by 3:

2 boxes ÷ 3 = 2/3 of a box.

Therefore, the width in the new scale drawing will be 2/3 of a box.