SOLUTION: A picture has a height that is 5/3 it's width. It is to be enlarged to have an area of 346 square inches. What will be the dimention of the enlargement?
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Question 1168908: A picture has a height that is 5/3 it's width. It is to be enlarged to have an area of 346 square inches. What will be the dimention of the enlargement?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x(5/3)x=346
(5/3)x^2=346
multiply both sides by 3/5
x^2=207.6
x=14.41 in=width
(5/3)x=24.01 in=height
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