SOLUTION: Ali paints with watercolors on a sheet of paper 20in. wide by 15in. high. He then places this sheet on a mat so that a uniformly wide strip of the mat shows all around the picture
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Question 775460: Ali paints with watercolors on a sheet of paper 20in. wide by 15in. high. He then places this sheet on a mat so that a uniformly wide strip of the mat shows all around the picture. The perimeter of the mat is 102 inches. How wide is the strip of mat around the picture? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! a sheet of paper 20in. wide by 15in. high.
He then places this sheet on a mat so that a uniformly wide strip of the mat shows all around the picture.
The perimeter of the mat is 102 inches.
How wide is the strip of mat around the picture?
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Let x = the width of the strip
Then the mat will be: (2x+20) by (2x+15)
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The perimeter
2(2x+20) + 2(2x+15) = 102
simplify, divide both sides by 2
(2x + 20) + (2x + 15) = 51
4x + 35 = 51
4x = 51 - 35
4x = 16
x = 16/4
x = 4 in the width of the strip
