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Question 168149: This one has been answered but the answer does not make sense. I emailed the tutor and have not heard back. Will someone please take a look at this for me?
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A square mat has a uniform red border on all four sides. The rest of the mat is blue. The width of the blue square is three-fourths the width of the entire square. If the area colored red is 28 m squared, determine the lengths of each side of the mat.
Found 3 solutions by gonzo, nerdybill, Mathtut:
Answer by gonzo(654) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let:
W1 = width of the large square.
L1 = length of the large square.
W2 = width of the large square.
L2 = length of the large square.
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you are given that w = the width of the large square:
W1 = w
since this is a square, then L1 = w also.
you have:
L1 = W1 = w
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you are given that .75*w = the width of the small square:
W2 = .75*w
since this is a square, then L2 = .75*w also.
you have:
L2 = W2 = .75*w
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area of the large square is L1*W1 = A1
area of the small square is L2*W2 = A2
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large square is all red (assumed since you are only given that the border is red).
small square is all blue (given).
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if you take the small square and put it in the middle of and on top of the large square, what you will have is a blue square in the middle with a red border.
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that, i believe, is what causes your problem to be solved as follows:
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you are given that the red border is 28 square meters.
if you take the area of the large square and subtract the area of the small square you will be left with the area of the border.
so, your equation is:
A1 - A2 = 28
since A1 = L1*W1, and A2 = L2*W2, this becomes:
L1*W1 - L2*W2 = 28
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since L1 = w, and W1 = w, this becomes:
w*w - L2*W2 = 28
since L2 = .75*w, and W2 = .75*w, this becomes:
w*w - (.75*w)*(.75*w) = 28
simplifying:
w^2 - .5625*w^2 = 28
(1-.5625)*w^2 = 28
.4375*w^2 = 28
w^2 = 28/.4375
w^2 = 64
w = 8
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if w = 8, then .75*w = 6
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since w = 8, then
L1 = 8
W1 = 8
since .75*w = 6, then
L2 = 6
W2 = 6
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your original equation is:
L1*W1 - L2*W2 = 28
this becomes:
8*8 - 6*6 = 28
this becomes:
64 - 36 = 28
which becomes:
28 = 28
since this statement is true, the value for w = 8 is correct.
the lengths of each side of the mat are:
8 inches for the large square.
6 inches for the small square.
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Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A square mat has a uniform red border on all four sides. The rest of the mat is blue. The width of the blue square is three-fourths the width of the entire square. If the area colored red is 28 m squared, determine the lengths of each side of the mat.
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Let x = length of one side of mat
and y = width of red border
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From: "The width of the blue square is three-fourths the width of the entire square." we get equation 1:
x-2y = (3/4)x
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From:"area colored red is 28 m squared" we get equation 2:
"area of mat" - "area of blue" = "area of red"
x^2 - (x-2y)^2 = 28
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Solve equation 1 for y:
x-2y = (3/4)x
-2y = (3/4)x - x
-2y = -.25x
y = 0.125x
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Substitute the above into equation 2 and solve for x:
x^2 - (x-2y)^2 = 28
x^2 - (x-2(0.125x))^2 = 28
x^2 - (x-.25x)^2 = 28
x^2 - (.75x)^2 = 28
x^2 - 0.5625x^2 = 28
0.4375x^2 = 28
x^2 = 64
x = (+-)8
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Well, we can throw out the negative answer leaving:
x = 8 meters
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
lets call the length of the blue mat y and the width of the border x, which means the side of the entire area is y+2x
we also know that, y=(3/4)(y+2x)--->y=(3/4)y+(6/4)x--->1/4y=6/4x-->y=6x
since area of the red(28) is equal to entire area minus the blue area
we have
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substitute value of y which is 6x into the equation
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y=6x(1)=6
so the sides of the entire area is y+2x ---> meters
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