Question

Callie made a postcard that is 5 inches tall and 7 inches wide. A company wants to make a poster based on the postcard. The poster will be 2 feet tall. How wide will the poster be?

Answer 1

It will be 2 feet and 9.6 inches wide

Explanation:

First you divide 24 inches(2 feet) by 5 inches to find out the rate unit rate of change. Your answer would be 4.8. Then you multiply 4.8 by 7 to figure out how wide it would be, which gives you 33.6 inches(or 2 feet and 9.6 inches)