SOLUTION: Mario reduced a picture that is 10 inches long by 8 inches wide using a photocopier. The reduced picture is now 6 inches long. By what scale factor did the photocopier reduce the p
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Question 864563: Mario reduced a picture that is 10 inches long by 8 inches wide using a photocopier. The reduced picture is now 6 inches long. By what scale factor did the photocopier reduce the picture?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Mario reduced a picture that is 10 inches long by 8 inches wide using a photocopier. The reduced picture is now 6 inches long. By what scale factor did the photocopier reduce the picture?
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width/length = width/length
w/6 = 8/10
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w = 48/10
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width = 4.8 inches
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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