Question

Your school wants to take out an ad in the paper congratulating the basketball team on a successful​ season, as shown to the right. The area of the photo will be half the area of the entire ad. What is the value of​ x?

Answer 1

x=8inches²/6+x

Explanation:

Area Photo: 1/2 area entire ad

Area photo: 4inch*2inch= 8inch²

Area entire ad=8inch²*2=16inch²

as you can see in the photo, we can use the data to our advantage.

The area left that's not the photo is (4*x) +(x*x)+(2*x).

so that leaves us with the equation 8inch²=4x+2x+x²

8inch²=6x+x²

x(6+x)=8inch²

x=(8inch²)/(6+x)