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The area of an airplane ticket is 60 square centimeters. The perimeter is 34 centimeters. What are the dimensions of the ticket?

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Answer:

12 cm ×5cm

Explanation:

To find the dimensions of the airplane ticket, let's assume that the airplane ticket is a rectangle.

Area of rectangle= length ×width

Perimeter of rectangle= 2(length +width)

Let the length and width of the plane ticket be L and W cm respectively.

From the area of the ticket,

LW= 60 -----(1)

From the perimeter of the ticket,

2(L +W)= 34

Divide both sides by 2:

L +W= 17 -----(2)

Let's solve the equations by substitution.

From (2):

L= 17 -W -----(3)

Substitute (3) into (1):

(17 -W)(W)= 60

17W -W²= 60

W² -17W +60= 0

Factorise:

(W -5)(W -12)= 0

W -5= 0 or W -12= 0

W= 5 or W= 12

Substitute into (3):

L= 17 -5 or L= 17 -12

L= 12 or L= 5

Thus, the dimensions of the ticket is 12 cm ×5 cm.

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