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Exercises: Apply Geometric Methods to Solve Design Problems

Show your work for each problem. When a problem asks you to round, round to the place the
problem names. Several problems ask you to explain a design decision rather than compute a
number — for those, write in complete sentences.

Grade 10·23 problems·~35 min·Common Core Math - HS Geometry·standard·hsg-mg-a-3
Work through problems with immediate feedback
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Fluency Practice

A poster divided into five equal columns separated by four narrow gutters, with the total width and one gutter width marked
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A poster is 3636 inches wide and is laid out on a 55-column grid. Each gap between neighbouring columns is 0.750.75 inch, and the columns run to the left and right edges of the poster. How wide is each column, in inches?