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ALGEBRA 1 area question URGENT!!!!!!!?

Let w= the width

A poster is 20cm longer than it is wide. It is mounted on a piece of cardboard so that there is a 10 cm border on all sides. If the area of the border is 2400 cm squared, what is the area of the poster?

Please tell me how you did it!

Thanks in advance!!!!!

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  • 1 decade ago
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    w = width

    l = length = w + 20

    If the border is 10 cm wide and the border area is 2400, then the border perimeter = 2400/10 = 240

    perimeter = 2w + 2l = 2w + 2(w +20) = 4w + 40 = 240

    4w = 200 w = 50, l =70

    Area = w * l = 50 * 70 = 3500 cm^2

  • 1 decade ago

    w = width of poster

    w+20 = length

    cardboard = 10+W+10 = W+20

    cardboard length = L+20= w+20+20 = w+40

    Finally boarder area =cardboard - poster = 2400

    poster = w(w+20)

    cardboard = (w+40)(w+20) = w^2+60w+800

    w^2+60w+800-w^2-20w = 2400

    40w = 1600

    w = 40, l = 60, A= 2400

    CB = 60 x 80 = 4800

    diff = 2400 looks like it's OK

  • 1 decade ago

    Area of poster x(x+20)

    area of cardboard (x+20)( x+40) (adding 10 to each side or 20 to the length, 20 to the width)

    Then, (x+20)(x+40) - x (x+20) =2400

    x^2 +60x +800 -x^2 -20x = 40x +800 =2400

    40x =1600

    x= 40

    40 (40 +20) = 40(60) = 2400

  • 1 decade ago

    w = width of poster

    w+20 = length of poster

    w(w+20) = w^2 +20w = area of poster

    w+20 = width of border

    w+40 = length of border

    (w+20)(w+40) = w^2 +60w +800 = area of border + poster

    w^2+60w+800 -(w^2+20w) = 2400

    40w = 1600

    w = 40

    Area of poster = w^2+20w = 1600 + 800 = 2400 cm^2

    The areas of the poster and the border are each 2400 cm^2

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  • norman
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    l = w + 20

    (w+10)(w+30) - w(w+20) = 2400

    w^2 + 40w + 300 - w^2 - 20w = 2400

    20w = 2100

    w = 105

    l = 125

    area = 105 * 125 = 13125

  • 1 decade ago

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