SOLUTION: The height of a poster is three times it’s width. You want a 5 inch frame for the poster. Write a variable expression in factored form for the area of the frame alone.

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Question 1110877: The height of a poster is three times it’s width. You want a 5 inch frame for the poster. Write a variable expression in factored form for the area of the frame alone.

Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, josgarithmetic:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What does "5 inch frame" mean?
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PS it's = it is

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x, the width
3x, the height

Just the post, area is 3x%5E2.

Five-inch border?
Combined width and height become x+10 and 3x+10.
This COMBINED AREA is %28x%2B10%29%283x%2B10%29.

Area of JUST the border? The border ONLY?
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Do you know what to do?