SOLUTION: Three rugs have a combined area of 200 square meters. By overlapping the rugs to cover a floor area of 140 square meters, the area that is covered by exactly two layers of rug is 2

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Question 258360: Three rugs have a combined area of 200 square meters. By overlapping the rugs to cover a floor area of 140 square meters, the area that is covered by exactly two layers of rug is 24 square meters. What is the area that is covered with three layers of rug?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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200-140=60 sq meters overlapped
60-24=36 more to overlap
36 m^2 overlapped 3 layers