Question

A watercolor painting is 22 inches long by 8 inches wide. Ramon makes a border around the watercolor painting by making a mat that adds 3 inches to each side of the length and the width. What is the area of the mat?

Answer 1

to find:

the area of the mat.

solution:

22 + 3= 25

8 + 3= 11

= 25 inches long by 11 inches wide.

25 × 11= 275 in^2

the area of the mat is 275 in^2.