a rectangle is 8 inches long and 4 inches wide a similar rectangle is 12 inches what is the width of the second triangle to the nearest inch?

The first rectangle: width/length=4/8, simplify it to get 1/2 The second rectangle: Width/length=?/12 Use proportion: 1/2 = 6/12 So the wide of the second rectangle is 6

2.7 Because the first rectangles area is 32 and the second rectangle has a base of 12. So you need to multiply something with 12 to get a close answer to 32. And that close number is 2.7