document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=970749>Question 970749</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A truck in a movie measures 16 feet across a screen that is 36 feet long. What is the measure of the same truck, in iaches, on a television screen that is 2 feet wide? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #593389 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><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=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=593389\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Proportion problem.  Think what the answer should be: smaller, because the screen is small.  A lot smaller, as a matter of fact\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "16 feet truck/36 feet screen=<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x feet truck/2 foot screen\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "16*2 feet truck-screen=x*36 feet truck-screen.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide both sides by 36.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(32/36)= x, which is in FEET\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(32/36) feet  * 12 inches/1 foot = 384/36 inches=10 2/3 inches   \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The screen is 1/18 the size of the original (2/36)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The truck must be 1/18 the size of the original (16/18), which is (32/36)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Be sure the answer is in INCHES, not feet, since that is what was asked.\r<BR>\n" );
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