document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1196090>Question 1196090</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Cynthia Besch wants to buy a rug for a room that is 19 ft wide and 30 ft long. She wants to leave a uniform strip of floor around the rug. She can afford to buy 476 square feet of carpeting. What dimensions should the rug ​have? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Cynthia Besch wants to buy a rug for a room that is 19 ft wide and 30 ft long. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "She wants to leave a uniform strip of floor around the rug. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "She can afford to buy 476 square feet of carpeting. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "What dimensions should the rug ​have?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The hint given by Alan needs to be presented in more precise and accurate form.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "s = strip width<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(19-2s)*(30-2s) = area of rug = 476<BR>\n" );
document.write( "476 = 17*28\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Get a quadratic equation for s.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve it by any way you want (use the quadratic formula or factoring).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After finding the strip width, &nbsp;calculate the dimensions of the rug.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To see many other similar &nbsp;(and different) &nbsp;solved problems \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(including that about legendary Cynthia Besch), &nbsp;look into the lessons\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A  rel=nofollow HREF=https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Surface-area/Problems-on-the-area-of-a-rectangle-surrounded-by-a-strip.lesson>Problems on the area and the dimensions of a rectangle surrounded by a strip</A>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A  rel=nofollow HREF=https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Surface-area/Cynthia-Besch-and-the-rug.lesson>Cynthia Besch wants to buy a rug for a room</A> \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in this site.\r<BR>\n" );
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