Question

You originally draw a design for an art contest on a 3 in. x 5 in. card. The second phase of the contest requires the drawing to be transferred to an 8.5 in x 11 in. standard sheet of paper and utilize as much of the space on the paper as possible. You determine that the largest size one of the dimensions of your drawing can be is 10.5 in. What is the length of the other dimension if the two drawings are similar? Round to the nearest tenths.

Answer 1

@just_one_last_goodbye

Answer 2

first create a ratio

Answer 3

i think a good one for this would be \[\frac{ 5 }{ 10.5 }=\frac{ 3 }{ x }\]

Answer 4

x= 6.3?

Answer 5

yeah, great job, didn't even need to say the next step hehe

Answer 6

i got 9.35