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Yuron is sketching a scale drawing of a famous painting. The painting is 54 inches wide and 72 inches long. He used a scale factor of 2/3 to make his sketch. How many inches wide is Yuron’s sketch?

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A scale factor of 2/3 means that each of the actual painting's dimensions was multiplied by 2/3 in the sketch. 54*2/3 is 36, so Yuron's sketch is 36 inches wide.
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