document.write( "Question 804759: you have made a quilt that is 4 by 5 feet. You want to use the remaining 10 square feet of fabric to add a decorative border of uniform width. What should the width of the border be?
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, then one dimension of the entire quilt after the border has been attached is

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width to each side. Likewise, the other dimension must be

. Without the border, the area is 4 times 5, or 20 square feet. Since you intend to add 10 square feet, the entire area has to be 30 square feet. Hence:\r
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