SOLUTION: Please help me solve this word problem A picture 8 in. by 12 in. is placed in a frame which has a uniform width. If the area of the frame is equal to the area of the picture, fin

Question 1089270: Please help me solve this word problem
A picture 8 in. by 12 in. is placed in a frame which has a uniform width. If the area of the frame is equal to the area of the picture, find the width of the frame.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39625) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
u, the width of the frame

, more than one way to go from here to finish

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u=2
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