SOLUTION: 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 di
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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? Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source):
w, uniform width of the uncapretted border of the room, this border being the outer part of the INSIDE of the room.
Make a drawing to see everything clearly.
Area of the carpet, .
When you understand this, then you know what to do to solve for w.
Review the video carefully. The example is different, but the type of problem is the same.
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