Priyanka has two pieces of cloth. One piece is 63 inches wide and the other piece is 56 inches wide. She wants to cut both pieces into strips of equal width that are as wide as possible. How wide should she cut the strips? 6 inches 9 inches 7 inches 3 inches​

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

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