SOLUTION: You are making a frame for a special photograph to give your Grandfather on father Day. The length is 3 inches less then twice the width. The area of the frame and picture combined

SOLUTION: You are making a frame for a special photograph to give your Grandfather on father Day. The length is 3 inches less then twice the width. The area of the frame and picture combined

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Question 879449: You are making a frame for a special photograph to give your Grandfather on father Day. The length is 3 inches less then twice the width. The area of the frame and picture combined is 135in^2. Write an equation to model the area of the framed photograph. Define you variables. Solve the equation to determine the dimensions.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let

represent the width, then

. The area of a rectangle is the length times the width, so

is an expression for the area of the rectangle as a function of width. Since you are given the area as

, we can write:

Solve the quadratic for

and then calculate

Hint: It factors.

John

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