document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1188988>Question 1188988</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  Framing a Painting Ali paints with watercolors on a sheet of paper 50 cm wide by 38 cm high. He then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "places this sheet on a mat so that a uniformly wide strip of the mat shows all around the picture. The<BR>\n" );
document.write( "perimeter of the mat is 256 cm. How wide is the strip of the mat showing around the picture?Vic </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the width of the strip of mat around the picture.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then the dimensions of the mat are (50+2x) cm by (38+2x) cm.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The perimeter of the mat (twice length plus twice width) is 256 cm:<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(50+2x)+2(38+2x)=256<BR>\n" );
document.write( "100+4x+76+4x=256<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x=80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=10<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: The strip is 10cm wide<br><BR>\n" );
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