SOLUTION: Casey wants to shrink a poster at Kinko’s. The poster is two feet by three feet. He wants to make it 1/9 of the area of the original poster. What will be the dimensions in inch

Question 1157114: Casey wants to shrink a poster at Kinko’s. The poster is two feet by three feet. He wants to make it 1/9 of the
area of the original poster. What will be the dimensions in inches of the new poster?
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, MathTherapy:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I want the proportions to stay the same, so
I will say:

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The new dimensions are:

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2/3 ft x 1 ft
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check:

OK
get a 2nd opinion if needed

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Casey wants to shrink a poster at Kinko’s. The poster is two feet by three feet. He wants to make it 1/9 of the area of the original poster. What will be the dimensions in inches of the new poster?

Original dimensions of poster: 2' x 3', or 24" x 36"
Shrinking ORIGINAL AREA by MEANS shrinking the DIMENSIONS by , or by .
Shrinkage results in ORIGINAL DIMENSIONS of
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