Malaya is making a collage of her birthday party photos and she wants to add an 8 x 10 inch. photo. Since there is not enough sp
ace left on the collage, she must trim the photo. If the scale factor from the original to the trimmed photo is 5:4, the new dimensions of the photo are ______.
The scale 5 : 4 means that the old photo is 5 and the new photo is 4. Now, let's find the new dimensions using the proportion for each side separately.
5 : 4 = 8 : x x = 4 * 8 : 5 x = 6.4 in _____ 5 : 4 = 10 : y y = 4 * 10 : 5 y = 8 in
