SOLUTION: you're trying to put wallpaper around a rectangular space that has a perimeter of 52 ft. You can use any of the following dimensions for the room: b x h 10 x 16 11 x 15 12 x

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Question 148548: you're trying to put wallpaper around a rectangular space that has a perimeter of 52 ft. You can use any of the following dimensions for the room:
b x h
10 x 16
11 x 15
12 x 14
13 x 13
14 x 12
(and so forth)
With these dimensions in mind, write an algebraic expression to show how the breadth (b) and the height (h) are related.

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you're trying to put wallpaper around a rectangular space that has a perimeter of 52 ft. You can use any of the following dimensions for the room:
b x h
10 x 16
11 x 15
12 x 14
13 x 13
14 x 12
(and so forth)
With these dimensions in mind, write an algebraic expression to show how the breadth (b) and the height (h) are related.
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I would have called it Length and Width, but that doesn't affect the problem.
2b + 2h = 52
b+h = 26
b = 26-h
Or, h = 26-b
Not a very interesting problem.