Tuan is an artist. He is painting on a large canvas which is 49 inches wide. The height of the canvas is 3 inches less than the width. What is the area of Tuan's canvas? The area of the canvas is square inches

Given:

Width of the canvas = 49 inches

The height of the canvas is 3 inches less than the width.

To find:

The area of the canvas.

Solution:

It is given that,

Width of the canvas = 49 inches

The height of the canvas is 3 inches less than the width

So, the height of the canvas is:

We know that the shape of the canvas is a rectangle and the area of the rectangle is:

The two dimensions of the canvas are  46 inches and 49 inches. So, the area of the canvas is:

Therefore, the area of the canvas is 2254 square inches.