SOLUTION: A hotel purchases a large photo for its newly renovated lobby. The perimeter of the photo is 350 in. The width is 5 in. more than four time the height. Find the dimensions of the p
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Question 1200056: A hotel purchases a large photo for its newly renovated lobby. The perimeter of the photo is 350 in. The width is 5 in. more than four time the height. Find the dimensions of the photo.
Found 2 solutions by greenestamps, josgarithmetic:
Answer by greenestamps(13215) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let x be the height of the painting
then 4x+5 is the width (5 inches more than 4 times the height)
The perimeter is 350 inches, so the semiperimeter (width plus height) is 350/2 = 175 inches:
x+(4x+5)=175
5x+5=175
5x=170
x=34
ANSWERS:
height: x = 34 inches
width: 4x+5 = 141 inches
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
------height
and
---------width
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