SOLUTION: A poster is 25cm taller than it is wide. It is mounted on a piece of cardboard so that there is a 5cm border on all sides If the area of the border alone is 1350cm^2, what are the

Question 174133: A poster is 25cm taller than it is wide. It is mounted on a piece of cardboard so that there is a 5cm border on all sides If the area of the border alone is 1350cm^2, what are the dimensions of the poster.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is the same problem as illustrated in http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/misc/Miscellaneous_Word_Problems.faq.question.174134.html
except for different numbers and a slightly different relationship between length and width. Check out the solution to 174134 and you should be able to solve this one.
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