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How do I solve this problem?Mary reduced the size of a painting to a width of 3.3 inches. What is the new height of it was originally 32.5 inches tall and 42.9 inches wide? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

Respuesta :

Given the follow equivalence

[tex]\frac{Oldwidth}{Oldheight}=\frac{Newwidth}{Newheight}[/tex]

where

old width=42.9

Old height= 32.5

New width=3.3

then

[tex]\frac{42.9}{32.5}=\frac{3.3}{Newheight}[/tex][tex]Newheight=3.3*\frac{32.5}{42.9}[/tex][tex]Newheight=2.5[/tex]

New height is 2.5 inches

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