document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1204421>Question 1204421</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Cynthia Besch wants to buy a rug for a room that is  27ft wide and  35ft long. She wants to leave a uniform strip of floor around the rug. She can afford to buy 609 square feet of carpeting. What dimensions should the rug​ have? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >be the width of the uniform strip floor around the rug.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then the width of the rug is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2827+-+2x%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2827+-+2x%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >and the length of the rug is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2835+-+2x%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2835+-+2x%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2827+-+2x%29%2835+-+2x%29+=+609 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2827+-+2x%29%2835+-+2x%29+=+609\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4x%5E2+-+124x+%2B+945+=609 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4x%5E2+-+124x+%2B+945+=609\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4x%5E2+-+124x+%2B+336=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4x%5E2+-+124x+%2B+336=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%28x%5E2+-31x+%2B+84%29=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%28x%5E2+-31x+%2B+84%29=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4+%28x+-+28%29+%28x+-+3%29+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4+%28x+-+28%29+%28x+-+3%29+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solutions:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+3+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+3+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "or <BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+28 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+28\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (rejected as <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > must be less that the width of the room)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hence,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " the width of the rug is<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+27+-+2%283%29+=+21ft ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+27+-+2%283%29+=+21ft\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > <BR>\n" );
document.write( "and <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the length of the rug is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=35+-+2%283%29+=+29ft ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"35+-+2%283%29+=+29ft\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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