You originally draw a design for an art contest on a 4 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? Type your exact answer in the blank without the units, and round to the nearest tenths.

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lemontoki · Answer

8.4(?)

mangotangochick · Answer

If the second dimension is 10.5 inches you would divide that by 2.2, because the multiplying factor to get to the 11 inches length (at the second stage) required that you multiply 5 by 2.2 (since we are looking at length, we do not take into consideration the height of the card). This gives you an answer of 4.772 (the 0.072 is recurring), which rounded to the nearest tenth is 4.8 inches.
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