SOLUTION: Hi! I was wondering the question in my book says you want to draw an enlargment of a design that is painted on a 3in by 5in card. You plan to draw on an 8 1/2in by 11inch piece of

Question 720330: Hi! I was wondering the question in my book says you want to draw an enlargment of a design that is painted on a 3in by 5in card. You plan to draw on an 8 1/2in by 11inch piece of paper. What are the demensions of the largest complete enlargment you can draw? I was wondering doesnt it already tell you the demensions by saying the paper is 8 1/2 by 11inches?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
you want to draw an enlargement of a design that is painted on a 3in by 5in card.
You plan to draw on an 8 1/2in by 11inch piece of paper. What are the dimensions of the largest complete enlargement you can draw?
I was wondering doesn't it already tell you the dimension by saying the paper is 8 1/2 by 11 inches?
:
The largest dimension can be 11 but you have to maintain the same Length/Width ratio of the original
:
Let w = the width of the enlargement
:
=
cross multiply
5w = 33
w = 33/5
w = 6 inches is the width
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The enlargement would be 11 by 6 another words
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