SOLUTION: A poster with a total area of 500 sq inch must have a 2 inch margin at the sides and at the bottom and a 4 inch margin at the top. If x is the length of the bottom of the poster, e
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Question 1041663: A poster with a total area of 500 sq inch must have a 2 inch margin at the sides and at the bottom and a 4 inch margin at the top. If x is the length of the bottom of the poster, express the area of the printed matter in terms of x.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I think you mean that x is the width of the poster.
Let y be the length of the poster.
So the total area of the poster would be,
With the two inch margin, the printed width becomes,
The printed length becomes,
So the printed area would be,
Substituting,
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