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herndrick wants to enlarge a photo that is 4 inches wide and 6 inches tall. the enlarged photo keeps the same rati. how tall is the enlarged photo if its 1 foot wide?

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the photo went from 4inches in length to 12inches, so it tripled in size. Since we are keeping the same ratio, The tallness will triple in size also. So 6 x 3 is 18.
The new enlarged photo is 12 inches in width, and 18 inches tall.
(12x18=216 so that would be the area...cause lxw=area)
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You're answer is 18 inches

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