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The width of rectangle A is 2 feet and the length is 6 feet. The width of a similar rectangle is 3 feet. What is it length

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Answer:

The answer is 9

I might be wrong....

Explanation:

I got it because 2x3=6 so i multiplied 3x3 and 9

AGAIN I MIGHT BE WRONG!!!

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Answer:

9 ft

Explanation:

The length is 3 times the width, so in the larger rectangle it will be ...

length = 3×width = 3×(3 ft) = 9 ft

The length of the larger rectangle is 9 feet.

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Additional comment

We used the fact that the ratios of side lengths (length:width) are the same for similar figures.

You can also recognize that the larger rectangle's dimensions are 3/2 times those of the smaller rectangle. (3/2)(6 ft) = 9 ft . . . length of larger rectangle