SOLUTION: Ron buys a rug for his room. The rug is 8 feet long and 5 feet wide. His room is 10 feet long and 10 feet wide. How much of the floor in Ron's room will not be covered by the rug?

Question 1132781: Ron buys a rug for his room. The rug is 8 feet long and 5 feet wide. His room is 10 feet long and 10 feet wide. How much of the floor in Ron's room will not be covered by the rug?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

if the rug is feet long and feet wide, the area will be

if his room is feet long and feet wide, the area will be

to find out how much of the floor in Ron's room will be covered by the rug, deduct the area of the rug from the area of the room

so, of the floor in Ron's room will be covered by the rug

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