SOLUTION: The length of a conference room is one and a half times its width.A carpet is placed in the center of the room.The length of the carpet is twice it width. This leaves a 3m wide bo

Question 1129698: The length of a conference room is one and a half times its width.A carpet is placed in the center of the room.The length of the carpet is twice it width. This leaves a 3m wide border around the edges of the carpet.Find the area of the carpet.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the width of the room
= the length of the room
is the width of the carpet
is the length of the carpet
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I can now say:

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and

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The area of the rug is:

72 m2
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check: the dimensions of the room are:
and

OK
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