Question

For your parent’s 25th wedding anniversary, you want to restore and enlarge their engagement picture. The photo was originally 3 in long by 5 in high and you want to create an enlargement that is 36 in long. How high is the enlargement?

Answer 1

I believe the answer would be 60 in high

Answer 2

Answer: 60 in.

Explanation:

Given: For your parent’s 25th wedding anniversary, you want to restore and enlarge their engagement picture. The photo was originally 3 in long by 5 in high and you want to create an enlargement that is 36 in long.

Since the sides before and after enlargement remains proportional.

Let h be the height is the enlargement.

Therefore , we have

`(h)/(36)=(5)/(3)\\\\\Rightarrow\ h=(5*36)/(3)=60`

Hence, this enlargement is 60 in. high.