You trimmed a large square picture so that you could fit it into a frame. The ar

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2021-09-20

You trimmed a large square picture so that you could fit it into a frame. The area of the cut picture is 20 square inches. What is the area of the original picture?

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Calculation: Area is:
(x5)(x6)=20
x25x6x+3020=0
x211x+10=0
x210xx+10=0
x(x10)1(x10)=0
(x10)(x1)=0
x10=0 or x1=0
x=10 or xq1
x=10
Area of larger square is =10×10=100.

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