Jack reduced a picture to use as a logo for his company. The picture is 24 in. wide × 36 in. high. The logo is 6 in. wide.

How high is the logo?
umm makes no sense soooo confussled

Question

Jack reduced a picture to use as a logo for his company. The picture is 24 in. wide  ×  36 in. high. The logo is 6 in. wide. 

How high is the logo? 
umm makes no sense soooo confussled

zzr0ck3r · Answer

24/36 = 6/x

zzr0ck3r · Answer

solve for x

anonymous · Answer

12??

johnweldon1993 · Answer

Just cross multiply to solve for 'x'

johnweldon1993 · Answer

so what is 24 times x?
and what is 6 times 36?

anonymous · Answer

216 and .... ummm idk

zzr0ck3r · Answer

24/36 = 6/x
x = (36/24)*6 = 36*(6/24) = 36*(1/4) = 9

johnweldon1993 · Answer

24 times x = 24x

so we have

24x = 216

now divide both sides by 24

x = ...?

zzr0ck3r · Answer

you can cross cancel as to not deal with big numbers

anonymous · Answer

9

zzr0ck3r · Answer

x = (36/24)*6 = 36*(6/24) = 36*(1/4) = 9
note the rearrangement and how it made life easy

johnweldon1993 · Answer

lol yes or do it as @zzr0ck3r has shown...but yes....9 is your answer!