document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=629383>Question 629383</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The length of a rectangle is 8 inches and its width is 5 inches. Find the ratio of length to width? Thank you for helping me. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #396244 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=55305><B>55305(86)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-08.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=55305><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=396244\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An example of a ratio question is: Suppose you are 5 ft tall, and the tree was 10 ft tall. What is the ratio of your height to the tree's height? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "your height to the tree's height is 5:10, and you can reduce ratios just as you can reduce fractions, so it reduces to 1:2.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now for your question. The length to the width is 8:5, and that can't be reduced, so that's your answer. </SPAN>\n" );
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