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  • 19-11-2016
  • Mathematics
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The official width-to-length ratio of the United States flag is 1:1.9. If a United States flag was 9.5 feet long, how wide would it be? ...?

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pkmnmushy
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  • 22-11-2016
Ok so lets say that w  will denote the actual width. we can rewrite
1:1.9 as 1/1.9=10/19 so:
10/19=w/9.5
or we can also write it as,
 10/19=10w/95
 If you try to solve the equation to get the value of w, it would be 5 at the end.
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