Question

Sonya has a picture that is 5 inches tall and 12 inches wide. She would like to enlarge it to fit a space on her wall. If the space calls for the picture to be 96 inches wide, how tall would the picture now be?

Round answers to 2 decimal places as needed.

Answer 1

40 inches tall

Explanation:

h=5 w=12

5:12

so to increase to 96 inches wide and find height we can use the known ratio and arrive at...

40:96

h=40 w=96