document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=118338>Question 118338</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9781567655858/algebrahomeworkh></A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Samantha had a snapshot that is 3.75 inches wide and 6.5 inches high. She cut a strip off of the top of the snapshot so that an enlargement will fit into a frame that measures 5 inches by 8 inches. What were the dimensions of the strip that she cut off of the original snapshot? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #86451 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><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=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=86451\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If the strip is taken of the top, then the width remains <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the same and the height is less<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  = the new height after the strip is cut off.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "After enlarging the photo will still have the same <BR>\n" );
document.write( "relative proportions, so<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3.75+%2F+x+=+5+%2F+8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3.75+%2F+x+=+5+%2F+8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5x+=+30 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5x+=+30\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the cropped photo is 3.75 x 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".5 inches must have been cut of the top. <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6.5+-+.5+=+6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6.5+-+.5+=+6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The strip cut off is .5 x 3.75 answer </SPAN>\n" );
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