Final answer:
The student's question is about determining the length of a stained glass window given its height and a ratio. Using the ratio of 2:25 and the height of 24 feet, we calculate that the stained glass window is 300 feet long.
Step-by-step explanation:
The student is asking about calculating the length of a stained glass window at Kennedy international airport in New York, given its height and the ratio of height to length.
To solve this problem, we use the ratio of 2 to 25, which represents the window's height to length proportions.
First, we know the window's height: 24 feet.
The ratio for the height is 2 (meaning for every 2 units of height, there are 25 units of length). To find the length, we set up a proportion: 2/25 = 24/x, where x is the length we're trying to find.
By cross-multiplying, we get 2x = 24 * 25 which simplifies to 2x = 600. Finally, we divide by 2 to solve for x, resulting in x = 300.
Therefore, the stained glass window is 300 feet long.