Question

2 Cassie has a family photograph that measures 5-inches wide and 7-inches long. She wants to enlarge the photograph and hang it on the wall. If the length of the enlarged photograph is 87.5 inches, what is the width of the enlarged photograph?

Answer 1

62.5 inches

Explanation:

We would solve this using ratio

Width : Length = Width/Length

For the Original photo

5 inches : 7 inches = 5/7

For the enlarged phots

x : 87.5 inches = x/87.5

Equating both ratios together, we have:

5/7 = x /87.5

Cross Multiply

7x = 5 × 87.5

7x = 437.5

x = 437.5/7

x = 62.5 inches

Hence, the width of the enlarged photo is 62.5 inches