The ratio of the length to width of a rectangle is 5 : 3. The length of the rectangle is 60 inches.What is the width?

Answer 1

"The ratio of the length to width of a rectangle is 5 : 3"

This means that the actual lengths form a ratio of 5x:3x. where x is some positive number. The fraction 5x/3x reduces to 5/3, which is a ratio of 5:3.

So, if x=1, the lengths are 5 and 3.

If x=2, the lengths are 10 and 6.

Iv x=3, the lengths are 15 and 9.

What is width if length = 60 ?

60 : length

5*12 : 3*12

The length is 36 (that is, 3*12).