SOLUTION: A 10-by-12-inch page has margins of 1.5 inches on all sides. What fraction of the page is taken up by the margins ?

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Question 934819: A 10-by-12-inch page has margins of 1.5 inches on all sides. What fraction of the page is taken up by the margins ?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Total Page Area, 10%2A12.
Printing is not in the margins area.
Printing Area, %2810-2%2A1.5%29%2812-2%2A1.5%29.
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Margin Area, 10%2A12-%2810-2%2A1.5%29%2812-2%2A1.5%29.

Fraction of page as Margins, %2810%2A12-%2810-2%2A1.5%29%2812-2%2A1.5%29%29%2F%2810%2A12%29;
NOW you can compute this result.