Question

A picture frame is 20 inches long and 7 inches tall. It is 1 inch wide on all 4 sides. What is the area of the picture frame? 26 in2 90 in2 140 in2 50 in2

Answer 1

The picture's length and width are 18 and 5. You subtract 2 instead of 1 because you are subtracting 1 on both sides of the frame.

The area of the picture is 90, and the area of the whole thing, picture and picture frame, is 20*7=140.

So, to find the area of just the picture frame, you subtract 90 from 140 to get 50in^2, which is your last answer choice.