Homework Help: math

Posted by sandy on Monday, December 19, 2011 at 9:33pm.

Pranav reduced the size of a rectangle to a width of 7 inches. What is the new height if it was originally 49 inches wide and 28 inches tall?

math - incomplete - Steve, Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 11:11am
No way to tell.

Did he keep the area the same?
Did he reduce both dimensions by the same amount?
Did he reduce both dimensions by the same proportion?
He might not have changed the height at all.

More info needed here.

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