A 22-by-29-inch sheet of paper is to be used for a poster, with the shorter side at the bottom. The margins at the sides and top are to have the same width, and the bottom margin is to be twice as wide as the other margins. Find the width of the margins if the printed area is to be 277.5 in^2.
so far I think the length of the printed area is (29-3x) and the width is (22-2x), but I'm not sure how to solve for the width of the margins because when I tried solving for x with the quadratic equation, I got two answers that didn't make sense in the context of the problem.
If anyone could help, I would appreciate it a lot!
so far I think the length of the printed area is (29-3x) and the width is (22-2x), but I'm not sure how to solve for the width of the margins because when I tried solving for x with the quadratic equation, I got two answers that didn't make sense in the context of the problem.
If anyone could help, I would appreciate it a lot!