SOLUTION: One of the world's largest stained-glass windows is at Kennedy International Airport in New York. It is a rectangle with a height to length ratio of 2 to 25. If the window is 24 fe

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Question 1169650: One of the world's largest stained-glass windows is at Kennedy International Airport in New York. It is a rectangle with a height to length ratio of 2 to 25. If the window is 24 feet high, how long is it?
Answer by MathLover1(20849) About Me  (Show Source):
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a height h to length l ratio is:
h%3Al=2%3A25
25%2Ah=2%2Al
l=%2825%2Ah%29%2F2

If the window is 24 feet high, then
l=%2825%2A24ft%29%2F2
l=25%2A12ft
l=300ft