SOLUTION: rectangle is 6 feet long and 12 feet wide. What length of a simalar rectangle whose width is 4 feet?

Question 255768: rectangle is 6 feet long and 12 feet wide. What length of a simalar rectangle whose width is 4 feet?
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, checkley77:
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
rectangle is 6 feet long and 12 feet wide. What length of a simalar rectangle whose width is 4 feet?
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Proportion:
length/4 = 6/12
length = 4(6/12)
length = 2
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Cheers,
Stan H.
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
6:12=4:x cross multiply.
6x=48
x=48/6
x=8 ft. for the width.
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