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Carmen enters a painting in an art contest. The contest rules say that all paintings must be rectangular with an area no greater than 3,003.84 cm2 . Carmen's painting is 16 cm wide.

What is the greatest length the painting can have and still have an area within the contest rules?

Respuesta :

Answer:

[tex]187.74\:\mathrm{cm}[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

The area of a rectangle is given by [tex]l\cdot w[/tex]. Therefore, we can set up the following inequality:

[tex]l\cdot 16 \leq 3,003.84[/tex].

Solving this inequality, we have:

[tex]l \leq 187.74[/tex].

Therefore, the largest length Carmen's painting can be is [tex]\fbox{$187.74\:\mathrm{cm}$}[/tex].