Book Design A book designer has decided that the pages of a book should have 1 in. margins at the top and bottom and in. margins on the sides. She further stipulated that each page should have an area of 72 in.2 (see the accompanying figure). Determine the page dimensions that will result in the maximum printed area on the page. X = y = in.→ in in 1 in.
Book Design A book designer has decided that the pages of a book should have 1 in. margins at the top and bottom and in. margins on the sides. She further stipulated that each page should have an area of 72 in.2 (see the accompanying figure). Determine the page dimensions that will result in the maximum printed area on the page. X = y = in.→ in in 1 in.
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Transcribed Image Text:Book Design A book designer has decided that the pages of a book should have 1 in. margins at the top and bottom and 1/3 in. margins on the sides. She
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further stipulated that each page should have an area of 72 in.2 (see the accompanying figure). Determine the page dimensions that will result in the
maximum printed area on the page.
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