Question

Help ! I am confused You trimmed a large square picture so that you could fit it into a frame. You trimmed 6 inches from the length and 5 inches from the width. The area of the resulting picture is 20 square inches. First, find the value of x to determine the length and width of the original image. Then, determine what was the perimeter of the original large square picture?

Answer 1

Its a square, and the perimeter is 20. SO, we can

20/4=5inches on each side

Therefore, the perimeter would be 2(5+5)+2(5+6)=

20+22=

42 inches