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  • 08-10-2018
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the ratio of the length of an airplane wing to its width is 6 to1 . if the length of a wing is 12.5 meters ,how wide must it be

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nap14hockey
nap14hockey nap14hockey
  • 08-10-2018

If you set up a proportion, this will make sense.


[tex]\frac{6}{1}= \frac{12.5}{x}[/tex]

Now, Cross Multiply


6x = 12.5

x = 25/12

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