document.write( "Question 1166548: A picture that measures 4 inches by 5 inches is placed in a frame of uniform width. If the area of the frame and picture together is 110 square inches what is the width of the frame? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "The difference of the dimensions of the picture is 5 - 4 = 1 inch.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since the frame is of uniform width, the difference of the outer dimensions of the frame is 1 inch, too.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The area of 110 square inches of the frame and the picture together \r\n" );
document.write( "is the product of the numbers 10 and 11 with the difference 1 unit.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, the outer dimensions of the frame are 10 and 11 inches.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It implies that the width of the frame is   =  = 3 inches.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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