SOLUTION: Brett is buying a rug for his living room. His living room is a rectangle with a length that is twice as long as its width. Brett decides that the rug will also be a rectangle, but

Question 1187110: Brett is buying a rug for his living room. His living room is a rectangle with a length that is twice as long as its width. Brett decides that the rug will also be a rectangle, but it will be only one half the length of the room and one half as wide. What will be the ratio of the rug’s area to the living room’s area?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Because each of the dimensions is 1/2, I would expect the ratio to be 1:4.
The room is x wide and 2x long, so the area is 2x^2 units
The rug is (0.5x) wide and x long so its area is 0.5x^2 units
The ratio indeed is 1:4.

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