Question

find the ratio of height to width of a packaging label that is 5 to 19 if height if label is 2.5in. what would the width be___________

Answer 1

The ratio of the height to the width is 5 to 19. The new height is 2.5 which is half of 5. So the new width must be half of the original ratio. So the width is 19/2=9.5 inches