Question

A square picture has a 1-in. frame around it. If the area of the frame alone is 36 in.^2, what is the area of the picture in square inches?

Answer 1

The area of the picture is

Explanation:

Let

x-----> the length side of the square picture

we know that

The area of the picture plus the frame minus the area of the picture is equal to the area of the frame alone

The area of the picture is