SOLUTION: 1- The editor of the school newspaper must reduce the size of a graph to fit in one column. The original graph is 2 inches by 2 inches, and the scale factor from the original to th
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Question 190579: 1- The editor of the school newspaper must reduce the size of a graph to fit in one column. The original graph is 2 inches by 2 inches, and the scale factor from the original to the reduced graph is 8:3. Find the dimensions of the graph as it will apper in one column of the newspaper. Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The editor of the school newspaper must reduce the size of a graph to fit in one column. The original graph is 2 inches by 2 inches, and the scale factor from the original to the reduced graph is 8:3. Find the dimensions of the graph as it will apper in one column of the newspaper.
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8:3 is the same as 8x:3x
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Equation:
8x = 2
x = 1/4
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3x = 2
x = 2/3
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The graph will be (1/4)" by (2/3)"
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Stan H.
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