Question

A customer wants you to enlarge a photo to 2 3/4 its current height. The photo’s current height is 3 /14 inches. What should its enlarged height be, in inches?

Answer 1

Answer:

33/56 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

2.75(3/14)=33/56

Answer 2

Answer:

$8\frac { 1 5 } { 1 6 }$ inches or 8.94 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that the current height of the photo is $3\frac{1}{4}$ inches and the customer wants it to be enlarged by a factor of $2\frac{3}{4}$ its current height.

$ 3\frac { 1 } { 4 } = 3.25$

$2 \frac { 3 } { 4 } = 2.75$

Multiplying this scale factor with the current height of photo to find the enlarged height.

Enlarged height = $3.25 \times 2.75 = 8\frac{15}{16}$ inches or 8.94 inches