SOLUTION: The ratio of the width of a rectangle to its length is 3 : 4. The length of the
rectangle is 36 cm. Write and solve a proportion to find the rectangle’s width.
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Question 611025: The ratio of the width of a rectangle to its length is 3 : 4. The length of the
rectangle is 36 cm. Write and solve a proportion to find the rectangle’s width. Answer by radh(108) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Don't be intimidated by the word "proportion," it's simply a fraction and can be written as so.
We know that 3:4 is width to length, but we also know that length is 36. How do we get from 4 to 36? 4*9=36. If we multiply the proportion by 9 to find length, we multiply the proportion by 9 to get width. So 9*3=27. The final proportion of width to length is 27:36.
