document.write( "Question 351088: A page for a journal contains 70 square inches of type written words. The height of a page is twice the width. If the Margin around the type is to be 2 inches uniformly, what are the dimensions of a page? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #250946 by mananth(16946)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! area of written area = 70 in^2 \n" ); document.write( "let width be x \n" ); document.write( "height = 2x \n" ); document.write( "2x^2= 70 \n" ); document.write( "x^2=35 \n" ); document.write( "x=sqrt35= 5.91\" \n" ); document.write( "... \n" ); document.write( "margin all round = 2 \" \n" ); document.write( "width of page = 5.91\"+4 \" = 9.91 \n" ); document.write( "height of page = 2*(5.91)+4 \"= 15.8 \n" ); document.write( "width of page = 9.91\" \n" ); document.write( "height = 15.8\" \n" ); document.write( " |