SOLUTION: A picture has a height that is 4/3 it's width. It is to be enlarged to have an area of 192 square inches. What will be the dimensions of the enlargements?
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Question 412995: A picture has a height that is 4/3 it's width. It is to be enlarged to have an area of 192 square inches. What will be the dimensions of the enlargements?
Answer by shree840(260) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let us say height 4x
width 3x
area 4x*3x=12x^2=192
divide by 12
x^2=192/12=16
x=4
height 4x=4*4=16
width 3x=3*4=12
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