Question

The painting starry night by vincent van gogh is rectangular in shape with height 29 inches and width 36.25 inches. if a reproduction was made where each dimension is 1/3 the corresponding original dimension, what is the height of the reproduction in inches

Answer 1

The height of the reproduction in inches is:

9.67 inches.

Explanation:

The painting starry night by vincent van gogh is rectangular in shape with height 29 inches and width 36.25 inches.

This means that the original height= 29 inches

and width= 36.25 inches.

Now, it is given that:

After reproduction each of the dimension is 1/3 of the original dimension.

This means that the height of the reproduction is: 1/3 the height of the original shape.

i.e.

Height of the reproduction=1/3×29

i.e.

Height of the reproduction=29/3 inches

i.e.

Height of reproduction=9.67 inches.

Answer 2

let
x---------> the height of the reproduction in inches

we know that
x=(1/3)*29------> 9.67 in------> 9 2/3 in

the answer is
the height of the reproduction in inches is 9 2/3