Question

Ratios, Rates, and Circles Solve each problem. Show your work. Sierra has a pet Burmese python. It has grown too large for its enclosure and needs a new one. The rectangular base of the current enclosure has the length and width shown. Sierra decides to buy a larger enclosure that is a scale copy of the small one. The base of the new enclosure is 48 inches long. What is the perimeter of the new base?​

Answer 1

Answer:

144in

Step-by-step explanation:

METHOD 1:

18 - 36

x - 48

36x = 18 * 48

36x = 864

x = 24

ALTERNATIVE METHOD:

18:36 (breadth:length)

1:2

When the length is 48in, the breadth is half the length, hence, the breadth is 24in.

Final Solution:

So, when the base is 48in, the width is 24in.

Since we have the two values

P = 2(l+b)

= 2(48+24)

= 2 * 72

= 144in

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