SOLUTION: Mrs.Abratique asked a carpenter to construct a rectangular bulletin board for her classroom. She told the carpenter that the board's area must be 18 square feet. Questions: a) Wh

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Question 1091140: Mrs.Abratique asked a carpenter to construct a rectangular bulletin board for her classroom. She told the carpenter that the board's area must be 18 square feet.
Questions: a) What are the possible dimensions of the bulletin board? Give at least 2 pairs of possible dimensions.
b) Draw a diagram to illustrate the bulletin board. Observe proper proportions. For accuracy of the diagram, please use the rating scale of 1 inch = 1 feet.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
18%2Aft%5E2%2A12%2A12%2A%28in%2Fft%29%28in%2Fft%29

2592%2Ain%5E2, area of the board in square inches.

A good way to find one combination of dimensions using L length and w width may be system%28wL=2592%2CL%2Fw=%281%2Bsqrt%285%29%29%2F2%29.

w%28%281%2Bsqrt%285%29%29%2F2%29w=2592

w%5E2=%282%2A2592%29%2F%281%2Bsqrt%285%29%29

highlight%28w=40%29, if taken just to the nearest whole inch.
L=2592%2F40
highlight%28L=64.8%29, inches.
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