Question

A museum curator needs to frame a rectangular painting. The painting is 24 inches by

16 inches..
Hint: Draw out the situation
If the frame is to be of width x, what is a function for the area of the painting, including the frame?
f(x)=
What would be the area of just the frame if the value of x was determined to be 2.5 inches?
sq. in.

Answer 1

museum curator needs to frame a rectangular painting. The painting is 24“ x 16“.

Question one. If the frame is to be of with width x, what is the function for the area of the painting, including the frame?

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Let A be the total area for frame plus painting;

and x assigned as the width of the frame on each side of the painting.

highlight%28A=%2824%2B2x%29%2816%2B2x%29%29, or you can call the function A%28x%29.