Question

A picture has a square frame that is 2 inches wide. The area of the picture is one-fourth of the total area of the picture and frame. What are the dimensions of the picture?
a.
3 in. by 3 in.
c.
8 in. by 8 in.
b.
2 in. by 2 in.
d.
4 in. by 4 in

Answer 1

Okay, do you have any idea what the answer could be? :D

Answer 2

not really

Answer 3

Well, do you know how to calculate the area of a square?

Answer 4

teacher wnt let us have calculator

Answer 5

I mean the equation.

Answer 6

n the teacher wnt even help us which all sucks we suppose to rely on computer

Answer 7

id think it be b or d

Answer 8

Okay, the calculation is a times a. a is a side.

Answer 9

So for example if the side of a square is 4. The area is 16.

Answer 10

yeah

Answer 11

Okay, so first we should calculate one side of your picture and frame.

Answer 12

One side of the picture is 2 (the length of frame) + x (length of picture)

Answer 13

yeah

Answer 14

the ans would be b

Answer 15

Exactly! :D

Answer 16

they said it was wrong tho

Answer 17

Oooh wait, yeah it's wrong sorry lol

Answer 18

ohwell.

Answer 19

what would it have been