document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=100477>Question 100477</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You are using a photocopy machine to reduce an advertisement that is 14 in. wide by 21 in. long.  If the new width is to be 8 in., what will the new length be </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Set this up as a proportion;we will call the new length x since we don't know what that is;<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "cross multiply;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14x=8(21)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14x=168<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=12<BR>\n" );
document.write( ":) </SPAN>\n" );
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