A map wall is 45 cm high and 27 cm wide. ashley wants to proportionately shrink so it's hight is 12 cm how wide would it be then

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Tomcheney · Answer 1 · 2023-06-02T01:41:55+0000

The proportion between the first measures is:

Now, if we want to maintain the same proportion we need that the second map fullfils:

Equating this proportions and solving for x we have:

$\begin{gathered} (45)/(27)=(12)/(x) \\ x=(12)/((45)/(27)) \\ x=(36)/(5) \\ x=7.2 \end{gathered}$

Therefore the width would be 7.2 cm