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If the answer is not a whole number, it should be entered as a decimal rounded to the hundredths place.

A photograph with a width of 5.5 inches is being enlarged by a factor of to make a poster.
The new width of the photograph is_____ inches.

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Increased by the factor of ____ ?

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Answer:

24.75inches

Explanation:

The question is incomplete. The complete question is as shown below;

If the answer is not a whole number, it should be entered as a decimal rounded to the hundredths place.

"A photograph with a width of 5.5 inches is being enlarged by a factor of 4 1/2 to make a poster.

The new width of the photograph is_____ inches"

The poster is rectangular in shape. formula for finding the area of a rectangle,

Area A = Length L × width W

Initial width if the photograph = 5.5inches.

If the photograph is enlarged by a factor of 4 1/2, then the new width also increase by that factor since increase in the size of the photograph leads to increase in its area.

New width = 4 1/2 × initial width

New width = 4 1/2 × 5.5

New width = 9/2 × 55/10

New width = 495/20

New width = 24.75inches (to its hundreths place

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