A diagram measuring 20 cm long is reduced on a copy machine to 15 cm long. If the width of the original copy is 16 cm, what is the width of the reduced copy? Show your work.

Answer 1

What don't you understand about my previous answer?

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Answer 2

I got 48/64, which doesn't make sense. If the original copy is 16 cm, wouldn't the reduced copy be smaller?

Answer 3

15/20 = 3/4

(3/4) * 16 = ?

Answer 4

Oh wait, I see what I did wrong. So would it be 12 then?

Answer 5

Yes, 12 is right.