Question

A photo is 15 cm high and 9 cm wide Michael wants to but porcelain shrink it so it's height is 6 cm High how wide will it then be

Answer 1

3.6cm

Explanation:

Given data

We are given that the dimension of the photo is

Height= 15cm

Width= 9cm

That is

15cm height will make 9cm width

hence 6cm height will make x widht

cross multiply

9*6= 15*x

54= 15x

x= 54/15

x= 3.6cm

Hence the width will be 3.6cm