Question

A customer wants you to enlarge a photo to 2 /34 its current height. The photo’s current height is 3 1/4 inches. What should its enlarged height be, in inches?

Answer 1

8 15/16 inches

Explanation:

just multiply 2 3/4 by 3 1/4

Answer 2

8.94 inches or
`8\frac { 1 5 } { 1 6 }` inches

Explanation:

We know that the current height of the photo is
`3(1)/(4)` inches and the customer wants it to be enlarged by a factor of
`2(3)/(4)` its current height.

`3\frac { 1 } { 4 } = 3.25`

`2 \frac { 3 } { 4 } = 2.75`

To find the enlarged height, we will multiply the scale factor with the photo's current height.

Enlarged height =
`3.25 * 2.75 = <strong>8.94 inches or </strong>[tex] 8\frac { 1 5 } { 1 6 }` inches