SOLUTION: A photo is 4 inches longer than it is wide. A 3 inch border is placed around the photo making the total area of the photo and border 165 inches. What are the dimensions of the ph
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Question 178284: A photo is 4 inches longer than it is wide. A 3 inch border is placed around the photo making the total area of the photo and border 165 inches. What are the dimensions of the photo?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Length of photo+frame: Width of photo+frame:
Area of photo+frame:
Start with the given equation.
Plug in
FOIL
Subtract 165 from both sides.
Factor
or Set each factor equal to zero
(we'll toss this solution) or Solve for "x"
So the width of the photo is 5 inches which means that the length of the photo is 9 inches (just add 4 to the width).
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