document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=864331>Question 864331</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me on this proportion word problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You are enlarging a photograph to make a poster.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The poster will be similar to the original photograph.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The photograph is 6 inches tall and 4 inches wide.The poster<BR>\n" );
document.write( "will be 2.5 feet wide.How tall will the poster be? Find the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "poster's perimeter. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #521066 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=LinnW><B>LinnW(1048)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=LinnW><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=LinnW><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=521066\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6%2F4+=+x%2F2.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6%2F4+=+x%2F2.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where x is height in feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 6*2.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( " x = 15/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( " x = 3 3/4 feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the poster is 3 3/4 feet high and 2 1/2 feet wide<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The perimeter is 3 3/4 + 2 1/2 + 3 3/4 + 2 1/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 3/4 + 2/4 + 3/4 + 2/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10 + 10/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10 + 5/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10 + 2 1/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12 1/2 feet is the perimeter </SPAN>\n" );
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