Question

the ratio of the length of an airplane wing to its width is 6 to1 . if the length of a wing is 12.5 meters ,how wide must it be

Answer 1

If you set up a proportion, this will make sense.

$\frac{6}{1}= \frac{12.5}{x}$

Now, Cross Multiply

6x = 12.5

x = 25/12