Question

You are enlarging a photograph to make a poster. The posterwill be similar to the original photograph. The photograph is6 inches tall and 4 inches wide. The poster will be 2.5 feet wide.How tall will the poster be? Find the poster’s perimeter.

Answer 1

Poster’s perimeter = 150 in

Explanation:

Given:

Width of poster = 2.5 ft = 2.5 × 12 = 30 in

Find:

Poster’s perimeter.

Computation:

Height of poster = [30×6]/4

Height of poster = 45 in

Poster’s perimeter = 2 [Width of poster + Height of poster]

Poster’s perimeter = 2 [30+45]

Poster’s perimeter = 2 [75]

Poster’s perimeter = 150 in