SOLUTION: You are making flags for the school color guard. Each flag has a red stripe and a 12-inch white stripe. The width of each flag is 3/4 its length. the length is 48 inches. How w
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Question 251208: You are making flags for the school color guard. Each flag has a red stripe and a 12-inch white stripe. The width of each flag is 3/4 its length. the length is 48 inches. How wide is the red stripe? Write and equation.
Answer by nyc_function(2741) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Here is your proportion and you solve for x.
12/x = 48/36
Can you solve for x now?
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