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by jainrahul1985 » Sat Jul 25, 2009 10:02 pm
The figure shown above represents a modern painting that consists of four differently colored rectangles, each of which has length l and width w. If the area of the painting is 4,800 square inches, what is the width, in inches, of each of the four rectangles?

A. 15
B. 20
C. 25
D. 30
E. 40
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by raghavsarathy » Sun Jul 26, 2009 2:24 am
From the figure we see that the width of three smaller rectangles is equal to the length of the smaller rectangle.

Hence l= 3w

Consider the big painting

Length = w + l = w+3w = 4w

Width = l = 3w

Given area = 4800

(4w)*(3w) = 4800
w = 20
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