SOLUTION: picture:L= 4 inches shorter and W = twice as wide as an x by x sized picture frame:L= 5 inches longer and W = 4 times longer than an x by x sized picture how can i find the siz

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Question 578347: picture:L= 4 inches shorter and W = twice as wide as an x by x sized picture
frame:L= 5 inches longer and W = 4 times longer than an x by x sized picture
how can i find the size of the frame and picture expressing it as a polynomial ?

Answer by dfrazzetto(283) About Me  (Show Source):
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Picture:
L=x-4, W=2x
A= L*W = (x-4)(2x)= 2x^2-8x
Frame:
L=x+5, W=4x
A= L*W = (x+5)(4x) = 4x^2+20x