SOLUTION: Could you please help me with this word problem? Thank you in advance. The dimensions of a portrait are 10 1/2 in by 14 in. A carpenter wishes to build a frame of uniform width fo

Question 1095968: Could you please help me with this word problem? Thank you in advance.
The dimensions of a portrait are 10 1/2 in by 14 in. A carpenter wishes to build a frame of uniform width for it so that the outside of the framed portrait is in the ratio of 5:6. Find the width of the frame.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the uniform width of the frame
The short dimension of picture + frame =

The long dimension is:

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I can say:

The width of the frame is 3.5 in
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check:

OK
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