Question 665452


if a rectangular picture frame {{{was}}}{{{ made}}} from one {{{8 ft}}} long board {{{with}}}{{{ nothing}}}{{{ left}}}{{{ over}}}, then the perimeter of the picture frame is {{{P=8ft}}}

the two {{{lengths}}} {{{L}}} of the frame total {{{6ft}}},

{{{2L=6ft}}}


 What is the total for the two {{{widths}}} {{{W}}}? 

an equation for the perimeter of the picture frame  (which is in rectangular shape) is:

{{{P=2L+2W}}}....solve for {{{2W}}}

{{{2W=P-2L}}}.............plug in given values for {{{P}}} and {{{2L}}}

{{{2W=8ft-6ft}}}

{{{highlight(2W=2ft)}}}........the total for the two widths