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Question 1075629: If you have a rectangular window that is 15 m high, with a base measuring 10 m and would like to build a wooden frame around the window that is 1 m thick, how much wood would you need?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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The resulting outside border perimeter would be would be:
2%2815%2B2%2A1%29%2B2%2810%2B2%2A1%29
and you can just compute that.

Two corners would need to be cutoff from each piece of wood to make the pieces fit on the perimeter of the window.