SOLUTION: A 26-by-31-inch sheet of paper is to be used for a poster, with the shorter side at the bottom. The margins at the sides and top are to have the same width, and the bottom margin i
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Question 946893: A 26-by-31-inch sheet of paper is to be used for a poster, with the shorter side at the bottom. The margins at the sides and top are to have the same width, and the bottom margin is to be twice as wide as the other margins. Find the width of the margins if the printed area is to be 440 in^2.
sides and top_______________in
bottom________________in
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let the margins at the sides and the top =
The bottom margin =
I can now say: in2
Use quadratic formula
The side and top margins are 3 in
The bottom margin is 6 in
check:
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