SOLUTION: If you have a rectangular window that is 15 m high, with a base measuring 10 m and would like to build a wooden frame around the window that is 1 m thick, how much wood would you n

Question 1075629: If you have a rectangular window that is 15 m high, with a base measuring 10 m and would like to build a wooden frame around the window that is 1 m thick, how much wood would you need?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The resulting outside border perimeter would be would be:

and you can just compute that.

Two corners would need to be cutoff from each piece of wood to make the pieces fit on the perimeter of the window.
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