SOLUTION: A 5 inch by 8 inch rectangular picture has a frame of uniform width. if the area of the frame is 114 square inches, what is the width of the frame?

Question 372455: A 5 inch by 8 inch rectangular picture has a frame of uniform width. if the area of the frame is 114 square inches, what is the width of the frame?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Picture width = 5 in
picture length = 8 in
Area = 40 in^2
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uniform width let it be x in
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total width = 5+2x
total length = 8+2x
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Total area = (5+2x)(8+2x)
=40+10x+16x+4x^2
=4x^2+26x+40
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Total area - picture area = area of frame
4x^2+26x+40 -40=114
4x^2+26x-154=0
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use the quadratic formula to get the roots of the equation
discriminant = 3140
x1=
x1= 3.75
x2=
x2=-10.25 ( ignore )
width = 3.75 in
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