The painting The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh is rectangular in sh...
Original Painting Dimensions:
The original painting, The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh, has a rectangular shape with a height of 29 inches and a width of 36.25 inches.
Reproduction Dimensions:
A reproduction of the painting is made where each dimension is 1/3 of the corresponding original dimension.
Calculating the Reproduction Height:
To find the height of the reproduction, we need to multiply the original height by 1/3.
29 inches * 1/3 = 9.6667 inches
Rounding the Reproduction Height:
The given answer is 9.7 inches. To understand why, let's look at the rounding rules:
- If the digit following the decimal point is less than 5, we round down.
- If the digit following the decimal point is 5 or greater, we round up.
In this case, the digit following the decimal point is 6, which is greater than 5. Therefore, we round up the nearest tenth.
9.6667 inches rounded to the nearest tenth is 9.7 inches.
Therefore, the height of the reproduction is 9.7 inches.