here is a rectangular lot in the garden, with 8 ft in length and 6 ft in width. You plan to expand the lot by an equal length around its four sides, and make the area of the expanded rectangle 120 ft2. How long should you expand the original lot in four directions?

Lisa wants to place a border around a square bulletin board in her classroom. How long should the border be if one of the sides of the bulletin board is 4.25 ft?

The perimeter of a rectangle is 14 cm. The width is 5 cm less than the lengh. Determine the dimensions of the rectangle. Simplify

An interior decorater wants to mount a picture that is 5 inches by 7 inches unto a wall. A picture frame of uniform width is used to mount the picture. The area of the picture frame must be the same as the area of the picture, how wide should the frame be? Rounded to the nearest hundreth of an inch?