An art student is searching for a rectangular canvas to paint on. His professor requires that the height and width of each canvas exceed 12 inches, but because of the lack of framing materials, the perimeter cannot exceed 60 inches. Which of the following systems correctly describe the possible lengths (l) and width (w) of the canvas?

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Mckinley Norman

Mathematics

10 May, 19:27

An art student is searching for a rectangular canvas to paint on. His professor requires that the height and width of each canvas exceed 12 inches, but because of the lack of framing materials, the perimeter cannot exceed 60 inches. Which of the following systems correctly describe the possible lengths (l) and width (w) of the canvas?

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Ireland Grimes · Answer 1

60 (is less than or eual to) (2l) + (2w)

l>12

w>12

plug in the values

60 (is less than or equal to) (2*15) + (2*15)

the above solution is only one. values for l and w must be greater than 12 but less than or equal to 15