SOLUTION: A teacher needs to enlarge a rectangular 11 in. by 17 in. map to fit in a rectangular 3 ft. by 3 ft. display space. If the scale factor used to create the enlarged map must be a wh
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Question 1112596: A teacher needs to enlarge a rectangular 11 in. by 17 in. map to fit in a rectangular 3 ft. by 3 ft. display space. If the scale factor used to create the enlarged map must be a whole number, what will be the area of the largest map that will fit in the display space? Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! So the enlargement will be limited by the 17" side.
The scale factor would be .
So the 17" side will become 36" and the 11" side will become,
So the largest area map will be,
