A rectangle made of square tiles measures 10 tiles long and 8 tiles wide. What is the width of a similar rectangle whose length is 15 tiles?

Question

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Answer 1

Similar shapes have corresponding sides that are proportional to each other.  In other words, their ratios are the same.

 

Ratio of tile length = ratio of tile width

 

small tile length / large tile length = small tile width / large tile width

 

10 / 15 = 15 / x

 

 

where    x is the width of the similar rectangle