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Susan enlarged a rectangle with a height of 6 cm and length of 13 cm on her computer. The length of the new rectangle is 19.5 cm. Find the height of the new rectangle.

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We have that enlarging the rectangle in a computer setting keeps the ratio of the lines constant. Hence, height over length is the same. For the first rectangle this is 6/13. For the second one, if x is the new height, this is x/19.5.
Hence x/19.5=6/13. Multiplying both parts by 19.5 we have that x=19.5*6/13=9. Thus, the new height is 6 cm.
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