Taylor wants to center a 3.5 inch picture on a piece of paper that is 12 inches wide how
far from the side of the paper does the picture need to be? (round your answer to two
decimal places)

The picture is 4.25 inches from the side of the paper

Step-by-step explanation:

- Taylor wants to center a 3.5 inch picture on a piece of paper that is

12 inches wide

- Lets think about that he want to put the picture in the center of the

paper, then divide the length of the paper into two equal parts and the

picture into two equal part

∵ The width of the paper is 12 inches

∵ 12 ÷ 2 = 6 inches

∵ The width of the picture is 3.5 inches

∵ 3.5 ÷ 2 = 1.75

- Now lets subtract from 6 inches (half paper) 1.75 inches (half picture)

to find the distance between the side of the paper and the picture

∵ 6 - 1.75 = 4.25

∴ The distance from the side of the paper to the picture is 4.25 inches

* The picture is 4.25 inches from the side of the paper

* Look to attached figure for more understand

in problems involving proportions, we can use cross products to test whether two ratios are equal and form a proportion. to find the cross products of a proportion, we multiply the outer terms, called the extremes, and the middle terms, called the means.

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