SOLUTION: A rug is made for a room 30 ft by 18 ft with a 3 ft strip of wood showing along each edge of the rug. What must the dimensions be of the rug?

SOLUTION: A rug is made for a room 30 ft by 18 ft with a 3 ft strip of wood showing along each edge of the rug. What must the dimensions be of the rug?

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Question 958666: A rug is made for a room 30 ft by 18 ft with a 3 ft strip of wood showing along each edge of the rug. What must the dimensions be of the rug?
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The rug loses 6 feet of length (3 feet of wood on each end) and 6 feet from width (3 feet on each side )
Dimensions=L-6ft by W-6ft=30ft-6ft by 18ft-6ft=24 feet by 12 feet.
ANSWER: The dimensions of the rug would be 24 feet by 12 feet.
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