A picture is 42 cm long and 32 cm wide. It has a 5 cm frame around it.all around the picture, 1 cm of the picture sticks into the frame so that the frame can hold it. What is the area of the frame?

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A picture is 42 cm long and 32 cm wide. It has a 5 cm frame around it.all around the picture, 1 cm of the picture sticks into the frame so that the frame can hold it. What is the area of the frame?
Plz help

Reiny · Answer

Interpretation: I will see 4 cm of framing all around. Add 4 cm to each end of the width ---> width of frame = 32+8 = 40 cm length of frame = ..... area = length x width = ....