document.write( "Question 1111828: Bill has an 8 inch × 10 inch picture of his family. He wants to hang it in a frame that encloses an area of 224 in square 2. How wide must the picture border x be to cover this area\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #726864 by josgarithmetic(39630)\"\" \"About 
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Frame? Picture Border? Not clear. One might almost believe you meant that the total area for frame and picture should be 224 square inches.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\"2%2A2%284%2Bx%29%285%2Bx%29=4%2A56\"
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\n" ); document.write( "The two factors only differ by 1, and are \"7%2A8=56\".\r
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