Question

Maria makes a quilt. The main design is 5 feet long on each side. Then she adds a border around the main design. The finished quilt has an area of 36 square feet.

1. What is the length of one side of the finished quilt?
2. By how much does the border increase the total length of each side of the quilt?

3. The border goes around the whole quilt. What is the width of the border?

Answer 1

Answer: The length of one side of the finished quilt is 6 feet.

The border increases the total length of one side by one foot.

The width of the border is 6 inches.

Explanation:

The area of the finished quilt is given as 36 square feet.

To find the length of one side, take the square root of 36.

√36 = 6. That is the new length: 6ft

So the finished length is 1 foot longer than before the border is added.

The border is the same on all sides, so half a foot on each side,

A foot is 12 inches. half is 6 inches So the border is 6 inches wide.

Answer 2

1. 6

2. by 1 feet

3. 6

Explanation:

first she has an area of 25 square feet and the side's are 5 and 5. Then the area is 36 so the sides are 6 and 6