document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1049572>Question 1049572</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Cynthia Besch wants to buy a rug for a room that is 14 ft wide and 29 ft long. She wants to leave a uniform strip of floor around the rug. She can afford to buy 250 square feet of carpeting. What dimensions should the rug&#8203; have? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Cynthia Besch wants to buy a rug for a room that is 14 ft wide and 29 ft long. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "She wants to leave a uniform strip of floor around the rug. She can afford to buy 250 square feet of carpeting. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "What dimensions should the rug&#8203; have?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let me show you another way of solving, without quadratic equations.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that the difference \"the length - the width\" is 29-14 = 15 ft.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since there is a uniform strip of floor around the rug, the difference of dimensions of the rug is the same, 15 ft.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Thus you need to determine the dimensions that have the difference of 15 and the product of 250 (square feet).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Can you guess them? - But of course, 25 x 10.\r\n" );
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document.write( "<U>Answer</U>.  The rug should be 25 X 10 ft.\r\n" );
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document.write( "But if you want to know how to solve similar problems WITH equations, see the lesson\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in this site.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The referred lesson is the part of this textbook.\r<BR>\n" );
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