SOLUTION: I am a rectangular picture frame.if I were straight.I would be 120 inches long.I am wrapped around a picture.and my length is twice as long as my width.what is the area of the pict

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Question 1158609: I am a rectangular picture frame.if I were straight.I would be 120 inches long.I am wrapped around a picture.and my length is twice as long as my width.what is the area of the picture that I am wrapped around.
Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

I am a rectangular picture frame.if I were straight.I would be 120 inches long.

=> perimeter is
........eq.1
I am wrapped around a picture and my length is twice as long as my width
.......eq.2
first find dimensions:

........substitute in




substitute back in


the area of the picture that I am wrapped around is:





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