SOLUTION: Hilda is making a rectangular banner. The length of the banner is 5 feet longer than the width. Jenny is decorating a square banner. The sides of Jenny's square banner are equal to
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Question 891203: Hilda is making a rectangular banner. The length of the banner is 5 feet longer than the width. Jenny is decorating a square banner. The sides of Jenny's square banner are equal to the width of Hilda's banner. What is the ratio of the area of Hilda's banner to the area of Jenny's banner? Use this ratio to find the ratio of the areas if the width of Hilda's banner is 3 feet.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hilda's rectangle: w and L, L=w+5.
Jenny's square: w and w are the dimensions.
Ratio of areas of the rectangle to the square:
-----ratio of the area of Hilda's banner to the area of Jenny's banner.
The final question means to evaluate the ratio expression for w=3.
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