Can a 3 foot by 9 foot rectangle be a scaled copy of a 3 foot by 1 foot rectangle?

Honey, a 3 foot by 9 foot rectangle can never be a scaled copy of a 3 foot by 1 foot rectangle. It's like trying to fit into your high school jeans after Thanksgiving dinner - just not gonna happen. Scaling means keeping the proportions the same, and those two rectangles are as different as night and day.