document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=337047>Question 337047</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> can anyone help me to find this answer?? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a production editor at a textbook publishing house decided that the pages of abook should have 1-inch margins at the top and bottom and 0.5-inch margins on the side. she further stipulated that the length of a page should be 1.5 times its width and have a printed area of exactly 51 square inches.find the dimensions of a page of the book\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "thank you... </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #241574 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=241574\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let the width be x <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the length will be 1.5x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Side Margin = 0.5 inch. 1 \" total<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Top margin 1 \" bottom 1\" = 2 inches.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Printing area = (x-1)(1.5x-2)=51<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.5x^2-2x-1.5x+2=51<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.5x^2-3.5x+2=51<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply by 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x^2-7x+4=102<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x^2-7x-98=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x^2-21+14x-98=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x(x-7)+14(x-7)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-7)(3x+14)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 7 ignore -14/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "printing dimensions = 7\" & 10.5 \" </SPAN>\n" );
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