A rectangle with w=2 and l=4 is similar to rectangle with length of 1. What is width of similar rectangle? (simplified fraction)

Answer 1

To determine the width of the similar rectangle, we can set up a proportion using the ratio of the corresponding sides of the two rectangles.

Let x be the width of the similar rectangle. We can set up the proportion:

$\frac{2}{4} = \frac{1}{x}$

Cross-multiplying, we have:

$2x = 4(1)$

$2x = 4$

Dividing both sides by 2, we get:

$x = 2$

Therefore, the width of the similar rectangle is 2.