Question

Ethan writes the ratio to help him reduce the

size of a two-dimensional shape. If the new value of
is 3 units, what will be the value of ? (1 point)
=
x
8
y
16
y
x
0.5 units
units 3
16
6 units
1.5 units

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

To solve this problem, we know that:

x/y = 8/16 = 0.5

Since the new value of x is given as 3 units, we can calculate the value of y:

3/y = 0.5

y = 3/0.5 = 6 units

Therefore, the value of y will be 6 units.