SOLUTION: A matte is to be cut and placed over five small square pictures before framing. Each picture is 5 in. wide, and the matte frame is 37 in. wide, as shown in the figure. If the pictu
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Question 1049491: A matte is to be cut and placed over five small square pictures before framing. Each picture is 5 in. wide, and the matte frame is 37 in. wide, as shown in the figure. If the pictures are to be equally spaced (including the space on the left and right edges), how wide is the matte between them?
(I just need to know how to set this problem up!)
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I'll take a guess:
The combined width of the pictures is:
in
There are equal spaces when you
count the ones on both sides of the
pictures
inches available for spaces
inches
the is 2 inches around each picture
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hope I got it
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