The answers for the questions are:
1) The dimensions of poster are 44cm by 56cm
2) The smallest poster area needed is 5328 square centimeter
3) The orientation that uses the lesser poster area is portrait.
4) He needs to trim 4.4cm of the height of poster
What is a rectangle?
A rectangle is a quadrilateral with opposite sides equal and all angles 90°
Analysis:
1) since there are 3 photos per row, the spacing for the three photos are 4. Also since there are 3 photos on the column, the spacing would be 4
width of poster = 2x4 + 3x12 = 8 + 36 = 44cm
Height of poster = 4x2 + 3x16 = 56cm
2) possible combinations, are 8 picture on a row and 3 picture on a column
width = 9spacing x 2cm + 8 pictures x 12 = 114cm
length = 4 spacing x 2 + 3pictures x 16 = 56cm
12 pictures on a row and 2 pictures on a column
width = 13 spacing x 2cm + 12 pictures x 12 = 170cm
length = 3 spacing x 2cm + 2 pictures x 16 = 38cm
6 pictures on a row and 4 pictures on a column
width = 7 spacing x 2cm + 6 pictures x 12 = 72cm
length = 5 spacing x 2cm + 4 pictures x 16 = 74cm
The smallest area is 74 x 72 = 5328 square centimeter
3. For portrait,
width = 6 photos x 12cm + 7 spacing x 2cm = 86cm
length = 3 pictures x 16cm + 4 spacing x 2cm = 56cm
For landscape,
width = 6 photos x 16cm + 7spacing x 2cm = 110cm
length = 3 pictures x 12cm + 4 spacing x 2 = 44cm
The lesser poster area is portrait orientation with 86 x 56 = 4816 square centimeter.
4. Let the equal spacing be P
for full width = 62cm
4pictures x 12cm + 5 spacing x P = 62
48 + 5p = 62
5P = 62-48
5P = 14
P = 14/5 = 2.8cm
length of poster using equal spacing of 2.8cm
length would take 6 photos
6 photos x 16 + 7 spacing x 2.8 = 115.6cm
original length of poster is 120cm
so he would need to trim (120-115.6) = 4.4cm
In conclusion, The answers to the questions are:
1) dimensions of poster are 44cm by 56cm
2) The smallest poster area needed is 5328 square centimeter
3) The orientation that uses the lesser poster area is portrait
4) He needs to trim 4.4cm of the height of poster
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