Question

The ratio of the height to the width of a packaging label is 5 to 19. If the height of the label is 3 inches, what is its width?

Answer 1

11.4 inches

Explanation:

Answer 2

the width of the label is 11.4 inches (rounded to one decimal place).

Explanation:

Let's call the width of the label "w". According to the problem, the ratio of height to width is 5 to 19, which can be written as:

height/width = 5/19

We are given that the height of the label is 3 inches, so we can substitute this into the equation:

3/w = 5/19

To solve for w, we can cross-multiply to get:

3 × 19 = 5 × w

57 = 5w

w = 57/5

So the width of the label is 11.4 inches (rounded to one decimal place).