SOLUTION: A 8 in. by 10 in. photo is reduced so that the width (the shorter dimension) is 3 in. What is the length of the reduced photo?
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Question 1012948: A 8 in. by 10 in. photo is reduced so that the width (the shorter dimension) is 3 in. What is the length of the reduced photo? Found 2 solutions by hatcher.roxanne@gmail.com, ikleyn:Answer by hatcher.roxanne@gmail.com(1) (Show Source):
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A 8 in. by 10 in. photo is reduced so that the width (the shorter dimension) is 3 in. What is the length of the reduced photo?
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I believe everybody agree that the photo was reduced proportionally.
So, use the proportion
= .
Now you can find the unknown length x of the reduced photo from the proportion as x = = = in.
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