Asked by Vicky

Using 27 blue patches and some white patches to make a quilt.The quil has a total area 540 Square inches. Each patch has an area of 5 Square inches .How much how much of the area of the quilt is white
Answered by Reiny
number of white patches ---- x

5x + 5(27) = 540

solve for 5x , the area of the white patches