A graphic designer is planning the layout for a magazine advertisement. The ratio of the sum of the widths of the three pictures to the total width of the advertisement is 4:5. If each poster is 4 inches wide, what is the length of each of the four empty spaces between the pictures (t)?

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tayaiv · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

i wanna say 3.2 but i think im wrong its been a while since ive done ratios

tayaiv · Answer

@DanJS Could you help me with this, please?

danjs · Answer

hi

danjs · Answer

There are 3 pictures, each 4 wide, total of 12in

The ratio of the picture width to page width is that given 4 to 5
so the total page width will be 
$$\frac{ 4 }{ 5 }=\frac{ 12 ~inch}{ X~inch }$$
so the total page width is  
X=15 inch

tayaiv · Answer

@DanJS Well this was easier than I had imagined. Thank you for explaining it so clearly!

danjs · Answer

so the difference there is the total of the 4 empty space widths

4 empty spaces = 3 inch

each one is 3/4 inch

danjs · Answer

welcome, kinda fun prob

abbiegalie · Answer

If your question is resolved can you close it please? :)