SOLUTION: in a rectangle, the ratio of the width to the lengh is 5 : 12 the length is 48 cm. find the width

SOLUTION: in a rectangle, the ratio of the width to the lengh is 5 : 12 the length is 48 cm. find the width

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Question 343895: in a rectangle, the ratio of the width to the lengh is 5 : 12 the length is 48 cm. find the width
Answer by Jk22(389) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
for twelve units of length, the width is five, if the length is forty-eight centimeter, which is four times twelve, the width would be four times five, hence twenty centimeter.
(w/l=5/12, w=5/12*l=5/12*48=5*4=20 cm)
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