SOLUTION: you want to enlarge a photo of you and your friend. Right now it dimensions of 4"[width] by 6"[length]. You want for the length of the enlarged photo to be 8".What should the new w

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Question 540244: you want to enlarge a photo of you and your friend. Right now it dimensions of 4"[width] by 6"[length]. You want for the length of the enlarged photo to be 8".What should the new width be?
Answer by abigal95(2) About Me  (Show Source):
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if you want to find the new width you would set up a proportion
4w/6L = w/8L

cross multiply 8 times 4 and then set it equal to 6 times w
32 = 6w
divide 32 by 6 (divide both sides by 6)
32/6 = 6w/6
and then you are left with w = 16/3