Problema Solution
You are redecorating your bedroom and want to place two posters on one of your walls. The wall is 14 feet, 3 inches long, and each poster is 42 inches across. How many inches away from the edge of the wall should you place each poster if you want the distance between the posters and the distance from the posters to the nearest edge of the wall to be equal?
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Let 'x' represent the distance between the posters and the distance from the posters to the nearest edge of the wall.
1 ft = 12 in
14 ft = 14*12 in
14 ft = 168 in
Now we can write the following equation:
3x + 2*42 = 168 + 3
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x = 29 in
The poster should be placed 29 inches from the edge of the wall.