The town of Goodland, Kansas, claims that it has one of the world's largest easels. It holds an enlargement of a van Gogh painting that is 24 feet wide. The original painting is 58 cm wide and 73 cm tall. If the reproduction is simlar to the original, what is the height of the reproduction to the nearest foot?

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anonymous · Answer

Put this into a ratio:
$$\frac{58cm}{73cm} = \frac{24ft}{xft}$$
solve for x.

anonymous · Answer

Do you know how to solve for x?

anonymous · Answer

So is that estimating 30 feet ?

anonymous · Answer

cross multiply right?

anonymous · Answer

Correct.  Sorry, I hadn't solved....just set the problem up.

anonymous · Answer

Thank you ! :)

anonymous · Answer

My pleasure.  :-)