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Quilting. By: Charles Michel P.4 Hon. Alg. 2. Problem. You have made a quilt that is 4 feet by 5 feet. You want to use the remaining 10 square feet of fabric to add a decorative border of uniform width. What should the width of the border be?. 4 Feet 5 Feet.
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Quilting By: Charles Michel P.4 Hon. Alg. 2
Problem • You have made a quilt that is 4 feet by 5 feet. You want to use the remaining 10 square feet of fabric to add a decorative border of uniform width. What should the width of the border be?
4 Feet 5 Feet X X Feet X X X X X X X Solving 10=(4=2x)(5=2x)-20 10=20+10x+8x+4x^2-20 10=4x^2+18x 0=4x^2+18x-10 0=(2x+10)(2x-2) X=-5 or 1
Solution • Due to that x can be –5 or 1 and distance is a positive, real , number it has to be 1. Therefore the width if the quilt border would be 1 ft. sq..