SOLUTION: Joe has made a quilt that is 4 feet by 5 feet. He wants to use the remaining 10 square feet as a decorative border of uniform width. What should the width of the border be?

Question 288494: Joe has made a quilt that is 4 feet by 5 feet. He wants to use the remaining 10 square feet as a decorative border of uniform width. What should the width of the border be?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Joe has made a quilt that is 4 feet by 5 feet.
He wants to use the remaining 10 square feet as a decorative border of uniform width.
What should the width of the border be?
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Let the width of the border be "x" ft.
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Perimeter of the quilt is 2(4+5) = 18 ft
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Equation:
area of the border = 10 sq ft.
(x ft)(18 ft) = 10 sq ft
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18x = 10
x = 5/9 ft
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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