Two rectangular picture frames have the same area of 45 square inches but have different side lengths. Frame A has a length of 6 3/4 inches, and Frame B has a length of 7 1/2 inches. Without calculating, predict which frame has the shorter width. Explain your reasoning

Frame B has the shorter width.

Step-by-step explanation:

The area of a rectangle is given by length×width. If the two have a maintained area of 45 in², then length and width are inversely proportional, meaning if one goes up, the other must go down. Since Frame B has a larger length than Frame A and both frames have the same area, Frame B must have a shorter width to accommodate for its larger length.

this story was prepared by jim

mccullaugh in los angeles and

al stewart in new york.

new york the colossal success of "top gun" appears to have dramatically altered madison avenue's

perception of corporate sponsorship

of home video projects.

the paramount home video re- lease, featuring a 60- second diet

pepsi spot, was by no means the

first prerecorded video to carry an advertiser's plug, but it was the

first major theatrical release to do so. in the aftermath of the title's

success, paramount is widely ex- pected to ink a similar deal for

"crocodile dundee" or "star trek

iv" or both.

corporate america's new attraccds push british

recording sales

to 19% gain

london fueled by the compact

disk boom, the value of u.k. manu- facturer shipments of recordings

rose 19% in the 12 -month period ended march 1987, according to the

british phonographic industry.

total value of u.k. shipments for

the period was $755 million for all

configurations. (all value figures

are based on an exchange rate of

$1.68 to the pound sterling.)

cd sales totaled 10.7 million units

worth $121.3 million- compared

with 3.7 million units worth $39.5

million in the prior 12 months -and

accounted for two -thirds of the

overall gain in trade value. at present growth rates, says the bpi, cd

sales for calendar 1987 will reach 20

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