SOLUTION: My brother's homework states "Two large building blocks are similar. The large block is 5 in. long. The small block is 3 in. long. How wide i the large block? the small block?" Co
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Question 397540: My brother's homework states "Two large building blocks are similar. The large block is 5 in. long. The small block is 3 in. long. How wide i the large block? the small block?" Could you please help me with this?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The only thing you can say about the widths of the large and small blocks is that they are in the same proportion as the lengths, namely 
. That means that 5 times the width of the small block will equal 3 times the width of the large block.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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