SOLUTION: A square photograph measuring 8 inches by 8 inches is positioned within a 1 inch wide picture frame as shown. What is the area of the frame alone.

Question 986672: A square photograph measuring 8 inches by 8 inches is positioned within a 1 inch wide picture frame as shown. What is the area of the frame alone.
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The outside dimension of the picture frame will be 10 in x 10 in,
so area of frame and 8 in x 8 in picture is:

The area of the picture is:

And the area of the frame alone is area of both minus area of picture:

ANSWER: The area of the frame is 36 square inches.
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