SOLUTION: The question states: You want to mat and frame an 8x10 photograph. The perimeter of the outside of the mat is 60 inches, The mat is THREE TIMES as wide at the top and bottom as it

Question 649172: The question states:
You want to mat and frame an 8x10 photograph. The perimeter of the outside of the mat is 60 inches, The mat is THREE TIMES as wide at the top and bottom as it is at the sides. Find the dimensions of the mat.
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

the dimensions of the mat: length and width
The perimeter of the outside of the mat is
....=>.....=>...
....1
the mat is THREE TIMES as wide at the top and bottom as it is at the sides
................2...plug it in equation 1
....1

now find
................2

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