Question

MEDAL + FAN!!!! Mr. Bowen has a black-and-white picture of a frog that he'd like to reduce in size for a worksheet he's creating for his biology class. The picture is currently sixteen centimeters long and twelve centimeters wide. If he wants to reduce the length to 2 inches, what must be the reduced width to maintain proportionality of the picture?

one point five inches

2 inches

four point five inches

6 inches

Answer 1

To maintain proportionality
Length:width=New Length:New Width


Given:
Length = 16
Width =12
New Length = 2
New Width = x

1612=2x

Can you find x now ?

Answer 2

the answer is 1.5

Answer 3

Thanks

Answer 4

Rule to use: set up a proportion

Answer 5

Thanks again :P