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A movie aspect ratio of 2.15:1 is shown as a letterboxed image on a TV with a width of 62.72in and a height of 35.28in what is the % of image shown on the TV

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You have that the movie aspect ratio is 2.15 : 1, that is, you have following relation between width and height:

2.15/1 = 2.15 = 215%

that is, the widht is 2.15 times the height, or the width is 215% longer than height.

In order to determine what is the percentage of the image shown, you calculate the percentage that widht is more longer than height. You have a TV of 62.72 width and 35.28 in height:

62.72/35.28 = 1.77 = 177%

that is, width of TV is 1.77 times longer than height, or width is 177% longer.

Hence, on TV will be not possible to watch the complete image. And the percentage shown is of 177%.

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