Question

My last question!! :D
The figure below shows two similar pictures that Enrique wants to frame.



Enrique has four strips of unfinished molding that he wants to use to frame the two pictures. Each strip is 36 inches long.

Assuming there is no wastage or overlap of molding, what is the minimum length of molding, in inches, Enrique still requires to frame both the pictures? Show your work and explain your reasoning in complete sentences.

Answer 1

I can't read the length of the bigger one. But look he needs...

Answer 2

on the bigger one it only gives the 45.5

Answer 3

two lengths of 15 for the smaller one or 30 feet and two widths of 13 or 26 for the smaller one. so just for the smaller one he's going to need a total 56 ft. he has 4 strips of 36 or a total of 104 ft........

Answer 4

so if he uses 56 of the 104 on the smaller one, he's left with 104-56=48. he needs 45.5 for one of the sides of the bigger one. that leaves him with 2.5 ft for the other 3 sides.

Answer 5

by the way, all of my references to ft should be inches. So he needs for the other 3 sides 45.5 plus two of the unknown sides. if we assume that alll of the sides are the same length for the bigger one, he would need 45.5 times 3 less the 2.5 that he starts with which gives a final answer of 134 inches

Answer 6

Thanks so much man