document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=74894>Question 74894</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if u enlarge a photo print to bring the shorter side from 1/2 inches to 3 inches, the longer side would go from 3/4 inches to how many centimeters? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #53841 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><B>bucky(2189)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><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=53841\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The process used in this problem is called scaling.  <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "By enlarging one side from <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >inch to 3 inches in size, you make it 6 times bigger because<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if you multiply 6 times the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > you get 3.  <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But if you increase that side by 6 times, you will also increase the other side by 6 times. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since the other side was <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > inches, increasing it by 6 times enlarges it to:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6%2A%283%2F4%29+=+18%2F4+=+4.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6%2A%283%2F4%29+=+18%2F4+=+4.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > inches. So the longer side is enlarged to 4.5 inches.  Almost done.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note that the problem calls for the answer in centimeters.  There are 2.54 centimeters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "per inch. So to convert 4.5 inches to centimeters, you multiply 4.5 inches times 2.54 cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and the answer in cm becomes 11.43 cm.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand the basic process of scaling.  Everything increases <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(or decreases) in size by the same factor. In this problem, that factor was by 6.<BR>\n" );
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