SOLUTION: AHHHH - word problems kill me! Anyone out there willing to help me to see it through?
A photo is 3 inches longer than it is wide. A 2-inch border is placed around the photo ma
Question 59263: AHHHH - word problems kill me! Anyone out there willing to help me to see it through?
A photo is 3 inches longer than it is wide. A 2-inch border is placed around the photo making the total area of the photo and border 108in^2. What are the dimensions of the photo?
Thank you! Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, Cintchr:Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
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width = w
length = w + 3
The 2" border actually adds 4" to the width and 4" to the length.
That's because there's 2" on each side of the photo
complete the square
take square root of both sides
take the square root of both sides
so, it's a 5x8 photo
check
OK