SOLUTION: You are making a frame for a special photograph to give your Grandfather on father Day. The length is 3 inches less then twice the width. The area of the frame and picture combined
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Question 879449: You are making a frame for a special photograph to give your Grandfather on father Day. The length is 3 inches less then twice the width. The area of the frame and picture combined is 135in^2. Write an equation to model the area of the framed photograph. Define you variables. Solve the equation to determine the dimensions. Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
Let represent the width, then . The area of a rectangle is the length times the width, so is an expression for the area of the rectangle as a function of width. Since you are given the area as , we can write:
Solve the quadratic for and then calculate
Hint: It factors.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
