document.write( "Question 720330: Hi! I was wondering the question in my book says you want to draw an enlargment of a design that is painted on a 3in by 5in card. You plan to draw on an 8 1/2in by 11inch piece of paper. What are the demensions of the largest complete enlargment you can draw? I was wondering doesnt it already tell you the demensions by saying the paper is 8 1/2 by 11inches? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #441829 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! you want to draw an enlargement of a design that is painted on a 3in by 5in card. \n" ); document.write( " You plan to draw on an 8 1/2in by 11inch piece of paper. What are the dimensions of the largest complete enlargement you can draw? \n" ); document.write( " I was wondering doesn't it already tell you the dimension by saying the paper is 8 1/2 by 11 inches? \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "The largest dimension can be 11 but you have to maintain the same Length/Width ratio of the original \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Let w = the width of the enlargement \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "cross multiply \n" ); document.write( "5w = 33 \n" ); document.write( "w = 33/5 \n" ); document.write( "w = 6 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "The enlargement would be 11 by 6 |