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Mohamed enlarges a photo that is 9 inches wide and 12 inches
long. If the new length is 20 inches, how many inches is the new
width?
SHOW YOUR WORK HERE OR IN YOUR NOTEBOOK.
Be sure your final answer includes a label/unit.
Paragraph
В I
DELL
F5
F6
F7
F8
F11 12
F10
65
&
近

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The original photo is 9 inches wide and 12 inches long and the enlarged photo has the length 20 inches.

Therefore the scale factor is given by $\frac{enlarged length}{original length} = \frac{20}{12}$ which is $\frac{5}{3}$ .Therefore the scale factor is $\frac{5}{3}$ .

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