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A rectangle is 14 cm wide and 32 cm long. A proportional rectangle is 35 cm wide. Find the length of this rectangle.
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A rectangle is 14 cm wide and 32 cm long. A proportional rectangle is 35 cm wide.

Find the length of this rectangle.

User Sean Cavanagh
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Start by dividing 35 by 14 to find the scale factor, in this case it is 2.5.

So, to find the length of the other rectangle, you multiply the scale factor (2.5) with 32cm long.

The length of the rectangle is 80 cm long.
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