Question

A customer wants you to enlarge a photo to 2 /34 its current height. The photo’s current height is 3 1/4 inches. What should its enlarged height be, in inches?

Answer 1

Answer:

8 15/16 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

just multiply 2 3/4 by 3 1/4

Answer 2

Answer:

8.94 inches or $8\frac { 1 5 } { 1 6 }$ inches

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that the current height of the photo is $3\frac{1}{4}$ inches and the customer wants it to be enlarged by a factor of $2\frac{3}{4}$ its current height.

$3\frac { 1 } { 4 } = 3.25$

$2 \frac { 3 } { 4 } = 2.75$

To find the enlarged height, we will multiply the scale factor with the photo's current height.

Enlarged height = $3.25 \times 2.75 = 8.94 inches or [tex] 8\frac { 1 5 } { 1 6 }$ inches