Alexis' scale drawing represents the longest side of the storage bin as 2 3/4 inches. Converting to improper fraction, it becomes 11/4 inches. This is also 2.75 inches.
The scale used is 1/2 inch = 1 feet. This means that a length of 1 feet of the longest side of the actual storage bin is 1/2 inch on the drawing.
Let the actual length, in feet of the longest side of the storage bin be x feet. Therefore
