Question

You have made a poster that is 4 feet by 5 feet to hang on a wall, you want to use the reaming 10 sqaure feet of fabric to add a decorative border width. What should the width of the border be

Answer 1

0.556 foot wide or 6 ²/₃ inches wide

Explanation:

first we must calculate the total perimeter of the poster that will be decorated with the fabric:

the total perimeter of the poster = 4 + 4 + 5 + 5 = 18 feet long

you have 10 square feet of fabric, so its width should be 10 / 18 = 0.556 foot wide or 6 ²/₃ inches wide