SOLUTION: THE PRINTED MATTER ON THE 14 BY 16 CENTIMETER PAGE OF A BOOK MUST COVER 48 SQUARE CENTIMETERS. IF ALL MARGINS ARE TO BE THE SAME WIDTH, HOW WIDE SHOULD THE MARGINS BE?
A)5cm
B)8c
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A)5cm
B)8c
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Question 351073: THE PRINTED MATTER ON THE 14 BY 16 CENTIMETER PAGE OF A BOOK MUST COVER 48 SQUARE CENTIMETERS. IF ALL MARGINS ARE TO BE THE SAME WIDTH, HOW WIDE SHOULD THE MARGINS BE?
A)5cm
B)8cm
C)4cm
D)2cm Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Assuming the length to be the longer dimension:
There is a 8*6=48 cm^2 printed area equidistant from all sides. The length has to be 2 cm longer than the width because the page is 2 cm longer than the width and the margins must be the same width.
16-2x=8
-2x=-8
x=4 cm The margin width.
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Ed
