document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1140550>Question 1140550</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Jamie painted a small rectangular drawing at<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Art Club. He then made a scale drawing of his<BR>\n" );
document.write( "original painting to create a similar rectangular<BR>\n" );
document.write( "poster. He used a scale factor of to create the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rectangular poster. If the perimeter of the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "smaller rectangle is 45 centimeters, what is the\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "perimeter of the larger rectangle? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You are apparently using some non-standard characters to show the scale factor; it does not show up in your post.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "And of course the problem can't be worked without knowing the scale factor.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "However, finding the answer once the scale factor is known is trivial.  Perimeter is a linear measurement; if the scale factor is x:1, then the perimeter of the larger rectangle is x times the perimeter of the smaller rectangle. </SPAN>\n" );
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