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Lucy needed to enlarge an image of her daughter for her birthday invitation. The ratio of length to width of the original image is 4 inches to 9 inches. If the enlarged image has to be 72 inches wide what
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Lucy needed to enlarge an image of her daughter for her birthday invitation. The ratio of length to width of the original image is 4 inches to 9 inches. If the enlarged image has to be 72 inches wide what would be the length of the image to keep it in proportion?

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32 inches. Since the width was enlarged in the proportion of 8, (9x8=72) the same must be done to the length in order to keep the ratios proportionate. Therefore, 4x8= 32. 32 inches long
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32 inches

Explanation:

9x8=72

4x8=32

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