The ratio of the length of an airplane wing to its width is 9 to 1. If the length of a wing is 40.4 meters, how wide must it be?

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$\bf \textit{ratio of length to width 9:1}\implies \cfrac{length}{width}=\cfrac{9}{1}\implies \cfrac{40.4}{w}=\cfrac{9}{1}$

solve for "w".

Esbanarango answered Sep 19, 2018

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