SOLUTION: The length, width and height of a hall are in the ratio 6 : 1 : 9 and the width is 7 metres. What is the height in metres? Do you add the ratio, so it would be 6 + 1 + 9 = 16

Question 917824: The length, width and height of a hall are in the ratio 6 : 1 : 9 and the width is 7 metres. What is the height in metres?

Do you add the ratio, so it would be 6 + 1 + 9 = 16 then divided it by 7? so the answer would be....
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Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the length, width and height of a hall are in the ratio 6 : 1 : 9,
then that hall is 9 times as tall as it is wide. A 6 : 1 : 0.9 ratio makes more sense.

If the length, width and height of a hall are in the ratio 6 : 1 : 0.9,
width and height are in the ratio 1 : 0.9, meaning
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In this case,
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