A photo is 6 inches long. Kamala enlarged the photo so that it is inches long. By keeping the same proportion of the photo, what would be the width of the photo if the enlarged photo is 8 inches wide?

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A photo is 6 inches long. Kamala enlarged the photo so that it is  inches long. By keeping the same proportion of the photo, what would be the width of the photo if the enlarged photo is 8 inches wide?

directrix · Answer

Was something left out in the question?  "Kamala enlarged the photo so that it is  inches long."  Between is and inches.

anonymous · Answer

o sorry 12 inches long

directrix · Answer

The scale factor from the original photograph to the enlarged one is 6 to 12 or 1 to 2. No surprise, there, that the length was doubled.

directrix · Answer

To keep the same proportion, you would double the original width. So, if the enlarged photo has width 8, then the original photo has width _?_

directrix · Answer

Nobody is looking. What do you think the original width is?

directrix · Answer

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