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Carmen enters a painting in an art contest. The contest rules say that all paintings must be rectangular, with an area no greater than 3,003.84 cm2. Carmen's painting wins second prize in the contest. The painting that wins first prize has an area that is 1.6 times less than the greatest area the rules allow.

What is the area of the first-prize painting?

Answer 1

The painting that wins first prize has an area that is 3.2 times smaller than the greatest area. Hence, there is area of 938.45 cm² of first prize painting.