A picture has a square frame that is 2 inches wide. The area of the picture is one-third of the total area of the picture and frame. What are the dimensions of the picture to the nearest quarter of an inch?

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anonymous · Answer

Since the picture is inside of the frame, you can think of the picture and frame as one square with an area of width*width, or 4 square inches. The area of the picture is one-third of this area, or 4/3 square inches. The width of this area is equal to the square root of the area $$\sqrt{4/3}$$, which equals 0.667 in. Rounding to the nearest quarter inch, this gives you 0.75 inch. The dimensions of the picture are 0.75 by 0.75 in

firejay5 · Answer

@BubbaMurphy Are you done typing, sorry, but you have been typing awhile.

firejay5 · Answer

so what are the dimensions???

anonymous · Answer

0.75 by 0.75 in

firejay5 · Answer

the square root of 4/3 or 4/3 doesn't equal 0.667

anonymous · Answer

Sorry about that! It is equal to 1.15, or 1.25 if you're rounding to the nearest quarter.