Question

A rectangular picture frame has a perimeter of 70 inches and a width 3 inches shorter than its length. Find the area of the picture frame.

Answer 1

____ in^2 (answer)

Answer 2

Perimeter is the length around an object:
So you have 2 widths and 2 height because there are 4 sides.

Answer 3

so 70-6 because width x 2 is 6 is 64

Answer 4

Because there are 2 lengths you would divide 64 by 2 an that would give you your answer

Answer 5

okay so i will divide 64 by 2?

Answer 6

32?

Answer 7

it says it is incorrect.

Answer 8

Yea

Answer 9

did it ask for it squared or not

Answer 10

yes thats what i put in the beginning, inches squared.

Answer 11

oh sorry I didn't see that :(

Answer 12

no worries! Thank you so much for helping me this far.

Answer 13

But the issue was it shuld have been 64 squared because it doesn't want the length by its own it wants them combine

Answer 14

it says 64 is incorrect.

Answer 15

??

Answer 16

11.7 squared