SOLUTION: A graphic artist is designing a poster that consists of a rectangular print with a uniform border.The print is to be twice as tall as it width , and the border is to be 3 inches wi

Question 998674: A graphic artist is designing a poster that consists of a rectangular print with a uniform border.The print is to be twice as tall as it width , and the border is to be 3 inches wide. If the area of the poster is to be 680 in^2,find the dimensions of the print.
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The entire poster is the print plus the border. First assign variables to everything.

These are the known values:
.
Description gives .

The entire poster includes the border and is the area A.

------quadratic equation in unknown, w. Remember, w is the width of the PRINT.

Keep going like this in all symbols if you want, but now is a good place to substitute the known values and simplify.

Discriminant,
, being two PRIME factors, so just stay with 3873 as discriminant.

, the width of the PRINT (not the poster). You can compute this and then finish finding the height, h.
Answer by MathTherapy(10557) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A graphic artist is designing a poster that consists of a rectangular print with a uniform border.The print is to be twice as tall as it width , and the border is to be 3 inches wide. If the area of the poster is to be 680 in^2,find the dimensions of the print.

Width of print: inches
Height of print: 2(14), or inches
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