SOLUTION: Cynthia Besch wants to buy a rug for a room that is 28 ft wide and 34 ft long. She wants to leave a uniform strip of floor around the rug. She can afford to buy 432 square feet of

Question 1109063: Cynthia Besch wants to buy a rug for a room that is 28 ft wide and 34 ft long. She wants to leave a uniform strip of floor around the rug. She can afford to buy 432 square feet of carpeting. What dimensions should the rug have?
Answer by ikleyn(52787) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Was solved probably 40 times in this forum. See the links

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https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/geometry/Geometry_Word_Problems.faq.question.992571.html

https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Angles/Angles.faq.question.1086026.html

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