Question

Alistair has a rectangular picture measuring 8 inches by 7 inches. He makes a frame for the picture, shown by the shaded area in the diagram. The area of the frame is 34 square inches, and the width of the frame is x inches.Using the given information, write an equation to model the area of the frame.

Answer 1

let y be the length
x*y = 34 sq inches
7*8 = 56 sq inches

i’m not too sure could u show a pic of the diagram?