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Question 1189699: James wants to buy a new rug for his living room. In a department store he finds a square rug that has a area of 9m2.
1. How long is each side of the rug?
2. How many of those rugs are needed to cover an area of 36 square meters?
3. If the room has a square area of 16 square meters and the rug is placed in the middle of the room, how much space would there be between each side of the rug and the wall?
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1.  sqrt%289%29 = 3 meters.    ANSWER


2.  36%2F9 = 4.           ANSWER


3.  how much space = %28sqrt%2816%29+-+3%29%2F2 = %284-3%29%2F2 = 1%2F2 = 0.5 m.

    The uncovered strip is of uniform wide 0.5 meter.    ANSWER

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