SOLUTION: A 10-by-12-inch page has margins of 1.5 inches on all sides. What fraction of the page is taken up by the margins ?
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Question 934819: A 10-by-12-inch page has margins of 1.5 inches on all sides. What fraction of the page is taken up by the margins ?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Total Page Area, .
Printing is not in the margins area.
Printing Area, .
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Margin Area, .
Fraction of page as Margins, ;
NOW you can compute this result.
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