document.write( "Question 320662: The length of a picture without its border is 7 inches less than twice its width. If the boarder is 1 inch wide and the area is 62 square inches, what are the dimensions of the picture alone?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "6-2X=62
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "=68/2\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "34= 8.5 BY 4\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #229699 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)\"\" \"About 
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The length of a picture without its border is 7 inches less than twice its width. If the boarder is 1 inch wide and the area is 62 square inches, what are the dimensions of the picture alone?
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\n" ); document.write( "Frankly, I haven't a clue on what you're doing here, so starting from scratch:
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\n" ); document.write( "x = the width of the picture
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\n" ); document.write( "(2x-7) = the length of of the picture
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\n" ); document.write( "Area of the picture: x(2x-7) = 2x^2 - 7x
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\n" ); document.write( "The border and the picture (2\" will be added to the picture dimensions)
\n" ); document.write( "(x + 2) = overall width
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( "2x - 7 + 2 = (2x-5) = overall length
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\n" ); document.write( "overall area = (x+2)*(2x-5) = 2x^2 - 5x + 4x - 10 = (2x^2 - x - 10)
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\n" ); document.write( "overall area - picture area = border area
\n" ); document.write( "(2x^2 - x - 10) - (2x^2 - 7x) = 62
\n" ); document.write( "remove the brackets
\n" ); document.write( "2x^2 - x - 10 - 2x^2 + 7x = 62
\n" ); document.write( "Combine like terms
\n" ); document.write( "2x^2 - 2x^2 - x + 7x = 62 + 10
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\n" ); document.write( "6x = 72
\n" ); document.write( "x = \"72%2F6\"
\n" ); document.write( "x = 12\" is the width of the picture
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\n" ); document.write( "2(12) - 7 = 17\" is the length of the picture
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\n" ); document.write( "Check solution by finding the area of the border
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\n" ); document.write( "19*14 - 17*12 =
\n" ); document.write( "266 - 204 = 62 sq/in
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\n" ); document.write( "How about this? Could you follow this OK?\r
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