SOLUTION: You have a poster that is 2 feet wide and 4 feet long. The poster has a simple design on it that you would like to scale up and draw onto a larger poster. The larger poster is to b

Question 1115025: You have a poster that is 2 feet wide and 4 feet long. The poster has a simple design on it that you would like to scale up and draw onto a larger poster. The larger poster is to be 6 feet wide. How long should the poster be?
Find as many different ways as you can to solve this poster-scaling problem. In each case, explain your reasoning.
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2/4 = 6/x

x = 2*6/4 = 3
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