Joelle is working on a school report in a word processor. She wants to place a figure which is 13.09 cm wide so that it appears centered on the page. The width of the page is 21.59 cm. How much margin should she leave on the left so that the figure is centered?

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Finn King

27 August, 14:59

Joelle is working on a school report in a word processor. She wants to place a figure which is 13.09 cm wide so that it appears centered on the page. The width of the page is 21.59 cm. How much margin should she leave on the left so that the figure is centered?

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Paige Terrell · Answer 1

First, you need to subtract 13.09 from the 21.59, which will give you 8.5 as the leftover space on the page. Then divide in half to find the left and right margin.

The answer is 4.25.