Question

A student sketched some art on an 8-inch x 10-inch piece of paper. He wants to resize it to fit a 7-inch x 5-inch frame. If he resizes the width to 7 inches, what will be the height of the resized photo?

A) Height = 10 inches
B) Height = 7 inches
C) Height = 5 inches
D) Height = 8 inches

Answer 1

The height of the resized photo would be 8.75 inches.

Step-by-step explanation:

To resize the art on an 8-inch x 10-inch paper to fit a 7-inch x 5-inch frame, we need to determine the scale factor. Since the width of the resized photo is 7 inches and the initial width is 8 inches, the scale factor for the width is 7/8. To find the height of the resized photo, we can multiply the scale factor for the width by the initial height. So the height of the resized photo would be (7/8) * 10 inches, which simplifies to 8.75 inches.