SOLUTION: The length of a photo is 24cm the width is14cm. in order to fit into a wallet the photo needs to be reduced to a length of 7cm- what will be the width of the wallet size photo be?

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Question 1112937: The length of a photo is 24cm the width is14cm. in order to fit into a wallet the photo needs to be reduced to a length of 7cm- what will be the width of the wallet size photo be?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) About Me  (Show Source):
Answer by ikleyn(52776) About Me  (Show Source):
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The correct version (after cleaning errors made by @josgarithmetic) is THIS: 

7%2F24 = w%2F14

w = 7%2A14%2F24

w = 49%2F12

w = 4.08 centimeters