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Question 1153511: An artist intends to paint a 45-square-foot rectangular mural on a wall that is 13 feet long and 9 feet high, as shown below. If the artist wants to leave a border of uniform width, how wide should the border be? (Hint: Let w represent the width of the border. Then 13 − 2w represents the length of the mural.)
thanks Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source):
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paint a 45-square-foot rectangular
mural on a wall that is 13 feet long and 9 feet high,...
.....leave a border of uniform width
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Mural length 13-2w
Mural height 9-2w
If the solution is in whole numbers, you could look for factors of 45 which differ by 4.
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