SOLUTION: zelda has a 300 inch roll of binding for a quilt the quilt must be 84 inches long how wide can she make it ?

Question 1057692: zelda has a 300 inch roll of binding for a quilt the quilt must be 84 inches long how wide can she make it ?
Answer by solve_for_x(190) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Assuming that the "binding" goes along the edge of the quilt, the perimeter of the quilt must be at most 300 inches.

If the length of the quilt is 84 inches, then the perimeter is:

P = 2(84) + 2w

where w is the width of the quilt.

Setting the perimeter equal to the maximum value of 300 gives:

2(84) + 2w = 300

2w + 168 = 300

2w = 300 - 168

2w = 132

w = 132 / 2

w = 66 inches

The maximum width of the quilt is 66 inches.
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