Homework Help: math

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 9:40pm.

joan has 2 similar rectangular shaped pieces that she is using for her quilt. one has the width of four inches and a lenghth of 6 inches and the other has a width of 6 inches. what is the perimeter of the larger rectangualar piece?

math - Reiny, Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 10:34pm
length of second = x

4/6 = 6/x
cross-multiply
4x = 36
x=9

take it from there

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