document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1207928>Question 1207928</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A photo is surrounded by a frame of uniform width. The length of the outer side of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the frame is 4 inches more than the length of a side of the photo. If the area<BR>\n" );
document.write( "covered by the frame alone is 80 square inches, what is the length of a side of the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "photo? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #846070 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(52817)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=846070\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As worded, printed and presented in the post, this problem is incomplete <BR>\n" );
document.write( "and has NO sufficient information to be solved.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This problem in exactly the same formulation was posted to the forum several years ago under this link\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Polynomials-and-rational-expressions/Polynomials-and-rational-expressions.faq.question.1184621.html\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and I answered precisely in the same terms.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From the problem, you may conclude that the uniform width of the frame is 4/2 = 2 inches<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and that the length of the frame, if pull out it in a straight line, is 80/2 = 40 inches.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But it is NOT ENOUGH to find the dimensions of the photo (of a rectangle).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As presented in the post, the problem is DEFECTIVE and can not be solved.\r<BR>\n" );
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