document.write( "Question 1048133: John wants to buy a rug for a room that is 19ft wide and 33ft long. He wants to leave a uniform strip of floor around the rug. He can afford to buy 275 square ft of carpet, what dimensions should the rug have? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "w, uniform width of the uncapretted border of the room, this border being the outer part of the INSIDE of the room.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Area of the carpet, $\"%2819-2w%29%2833-2w%29=275\"$ .
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Review the video carefully. The example is different, but the type of problem is the same. \n" ); document.write( "

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