Question

The official width-to-length ratio of the United States flag is 1:1.9. If a United States flag was 9.5 feet long, how wide would it be?

Answer 1

let w denote the actual width. we can rewrite 1:1.9 as 1/1.9=10/19
so,
10/19=w/9.5
or we can also write it as,
10/19=10w/95

try solve the equation to get the value of w.

Answer 2

the width is 5?

Answer 3

good.thats right.

Answer 4

ok! thank you once again!

Answer 5

no problem Egirl.