document.write( "Question 633536: I bought 5 feet of ribbon to decorate the square edge of a placemat. I have 6 inches of ribbon left over after I decorate the placemat. If both the length and width of the placemat are integer values, what are the length and width of the placemat? \n" ); document.write( "
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5 feet = 60 inches.
\n" ); document.write( "perimeter of the place mat is 54 inches (60 - 6 = 54
\n" ); document.write( "perimeter is equal to 2*L + 2*W
\n" ); document.write( "you get 2*L + 2*W = 54
\n" ); document.write( "For L and W to be integers, 2L and 2W have to be even numbers and those even numbers have to add up to 54.
\n" ); document.write( "all of these numbers add up to 54.
\n" ); document.write( "52 + 2
\n" ); document.write( "50 + 4
\n" ); document.write( "48 + 6
\n" ); document.write( "46 + 8
\n" ); document.write( "44 + 10
\n" ); document.write( "42 + 12
\n" ); document.write( "40 + 14
\n" ); document.write( "etc.
\n" ); document.write( "bottom line is you don't have enough information to narrow the result down to one particular length and width.
\n" ); document.write( "not as far as i can see, unless i'm missing something.\r
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