Question

A poster is 16 inches long and 24 inches wide. It is enlarged so that the shorter side is 24 inches. What is the length of the longer side?

Answer 1

36inches

Explanation:

Answer 2

The shorter side was enlarged from 16 inches to 24 inches.

`(24)/(16)=(8 * 3)/(8 * 2)=(3)/(2)`
It was enlarged 3/2 times.

The longer side was originally 24 inches and was enlarged 3/2 times too.

`24 * (3)/(2) = 12 * 3=36`

The length of the longer side is 36 inches.