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The ratio of the length to the width of a rectangle is 9:4. The width of the rectangle is 52 mm. Write and solve a proportion to find the length. Please help!! :(
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The ratio of the length to the width of a rectangle is 9:4. The width of the rectangle

is 52 mm. Write and solve a proportion to find the length. Please help!! :(

User DanBlakemore
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Let the length be 9x and width be 4x.

4x = 52

x = 13

Length = 9x = 117 mm

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