document.write( "Question 934819: A 10-by-12-inch page has margins of 1.5 inches on all sides. What fraction of the page is taken up by the margins ? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #567862 by josgarithmetic(39617) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Total Page Area, $\"10%2A12\"$ .
\n" ); document.write( "Printing is not in the margins area.
\n" ); document.write( "Printing Area, $\"%2810-2%2A1.5%29%2812-2%2A1.5%29\"$ .
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\n" ); document.write( "Margin Area, $\"10%2A12-%2810-2%2A1.5%29%2812-2%2A1.5%29\"$ .\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Fraction of page as Margins, $\"%2810%2A12-%2810-2%2A1.5%29%2812-2%2A1.5%29%29%2F%2810%2A12%29\"$ ;
\n" ); document.write( "NOW you can compute this result. \n" ); document.write( "

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