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#1
Mar 1 2016 10:43pm
if the length : width ratio is 4:1, <-- my professor wrote it like that

does this mean

length = 4x width
or
width = 4x length
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Mar 1 2016 10:51pm
length = 4
width = 1

any multiple of that
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Mar 1 2016 11:06pm
as carteblanche said

it means:
length/width = 4/1
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