SOLUTION: A carpet is placed in a room 6m by 4 m, leaving a border of a uniform width all around it. Find the width id the border if the area of the carpet is 8m squared.

Question 1123730: A carpet is placed in a room 6m by 4 m, leaving a border of a uniform width all around it. Find the width id the border if the area of the carpet is 8m squared.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Total Room area,

Carpet area,
x, the uniform width around the carpet, uncarpeted from carpet to walls

Carpet Area given as 8 square meters.

Solve this.
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