Question

Personal Math Trainer 7th Grade 3.6 - Homework A/B - Home « 12345 6 1 Foster is centering a photo that is 5 - Inches wide on a scrapbook page that is 16 Inches wide. How far from 155 each side of the page should he put the plcture7 Enter your answer as a mixed number. He should put the picture Inches from each side of the page.

Answer 1

He has to center a 5-in-wide picture in a 16-in-wide page.

Anywhere he puts the picture, the sum of the space not occupied by the picture will be

`16-5=11\text{ in}`

When the picture is in the center of the page, both sides have the same empty space, so we have to divide the empty space left by the picture in two equal parts:

`(11)/(2)=5.5\text{ in}`

The picture, when centered, will have 5.5 inches at each side.

He should put the picture 5.5 inches from each side of the page.​