one sheet of paper in a notebook is 8 1/2 inches by 11. a smaller notebook has a similar shape, and its pages are 5 1/2 inches lon

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1. The width of the paper in the smaller notebook is 4 1/4 inches.

   When two shapes are similar, the ratio of their corresponding sides are equal, and their corresponding angles are equal.

   For two notebooks in the shape of a rectangle, the ratio of their lengths must be equal to the ratio of their widths.

   If one sheet of paper in a notebook is 8 1/2 inches by 11, and the pages of the smaller similar notebook are 5 1/2 inches long, then the width of the paper in the smaller notebook is

   11 inches / 5 1/2 inches = 8 1/2 inches / width of smaller notebook

   width of smaller notebook = 4 1/4 inches

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