Question

a page that x inches wide & y inches high contains 26 square inches of print. the margins on the top & bottom are 1.5 inches deep and the margins in the sides are 1 inches wide.

a. sketch the situation above
b. find the total area of the page
c. find the domain based on the physical constraints of the problem

Answer 1

as they said, the total area is xy

as for the print area, that is

(x-2)(y-3) = 26