document.write( "Question 297316: Suppose you have 60¢ and a 2 cm by 3 cm picture of a building that you want to enlarge as much as possible. Copies on a photocopy machine cost 10¢ and the machine can enlarge any image put through it to 120% of its original size. How large a picture of the building can you obtain? Thanks. \n" ); document.write( "

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You start with a $\"2x3\"$ and can enlarge $\"1.2\"$ times.
\n" ); document.write( "You have $0.60 and each enlargement cost $0.10.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"N=0.60%2F0.10=6\"$
\n" ); document.write( "You can do $\"6\"$ enlargements.
\n" ); document.write( "First enlargement: $\"%282x3%29%281.2%29=%282.4x3.6%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Second enlargement: $\"%282.4x3.6%29%281.2%29=%282x3%29%281.2%29%281.2%29=%282x3%29%281.2%29%5E2\"$
\n" ); document.write( "You can see from above that the sixth enlargement will give you a size of
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%282x3%29%281.2%29%5E6=%282x3%29%282.986%29=%285.97x+8.96%29\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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