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Fran scans a document that is 8.5 inches wide by 11 inches long into her computer. If she scales the length down to 7 inches, how wide should the document be?

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Answer:

5.4 inches

Explanation:

This is all about ratios proportions and similarity.

First the 8.5 stays the same you scale only the 11 down to 7

because it says to scale length down to 7

so once you scale it down you should get 5.4 inches for the width once you plug it back in

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