Question

Linda bought an 8 foot long piece of framing to frame her 2 college awards. One award is 8.5 inches by 11 inches and the other award is 11 inches by 17 inches. Will she have enough framing or will she be short? By how much?

Answer 1

@Michele_Laino

Answer 2

here the area of the first frame, is:
8.5*11=...? inches^2

Answer 3

93.5

Answer 4

ok!

Answer 5

whereas the area of the second frame is:
11*17=...? inches^2

Answer 6

187

Answer 7

ok!

Answer 8

and their sum is:
187+93.5=...? inches^2

Answer 9

2805

Answer 10

280.5 inches^2

Answer 11

is it ok?

Answer 12

I think the answer is 1 inch left over

Answer 13

8 feet = 12*8 = 96 inches

Answer 14

oops.. we have to compute the perimeters of each frame, sorry:
perimeter of first frame is:
2*(8.5+11)=39 inches
perimeter of second frame is:
2*(11+17)=56 inches.
total perimeter = 95 inches.
so we have enough framing since Linda bought 96 inches of framing

Answer 15

okay!:)

Answer 16

Thank you! :)