A boat maker wanted to build a canoe 6 ft long and 2 1/2 wide but decided that those dimensions were too small. The boat maker wants to add 2 ft to both the length and width but also wants to keep the canoe the same shape. Explain why this will not work.

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Bumblebee

13 February, 15:35

A boat maker wanted to build a canoe 6 ft long and 2 1/2 wide but decided that those dimensions were too small. The boat maker wants to add 2 ft to both the length and width but also wants to keep the canoe the same shape. Explain why this will not work.

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Marlene Kemp · Answer 1

The ratio of length to width would change slightly, before adding on to the dimensions, the ratio is 6 : 2.5 with the added dimensions, the ratio would change to 8 : 4.5 with simple math you can see that 2.5 is less then half of 6 while 4.5 is more then half of 8