Question

you are making a frame of uniform width for a picture that is to be displayed at the local museum. The picture is 3.25 feet tall and 3 ft wide. The museum has allocated 15 square feet of wall space to display the picture. What should the width of the frame be in order to use all of the allocated space? Show all work.

Answer 1

(3 + 2x)(3.25 + 2x) = 15 would be the equation you would need. Width and height have 2x added because the width is x on each side and top and bottom. This becomes a relatively simple quadratic equation in x.

Answer 2

Okay, thank you so much!

Answer 3

You are quite welcome!