SOLUTION: James wants to buy a new rug for his living room. In a department store he finds a square rug that has an area of 9 mē. How long is each side of the rug? How many of those rugs are

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Question 973937: James wants to buy a new rug for his living room. In a department store he finds a square rug that has an area of 9 mē. How long is each side of the rug? How many of those rugs are needed to cover an area of 36 square meters? 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?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Your last question is the one which needs any detailed solution process. The first two questions are very simple.

Do we need to assume the room is square shaped? Using this assumption because no other information was included.

Room: 16 square meters
Rug: 9 square meters

If x is the each edge length of the rug, then x%2Ax=9 and x=3.
Also, if y is each edge length of the room, y%5E2=16, and y=3. You may be able to imagine placing this 3 by 3 rug in the middle of the 4 by 4 room, and understand that 1%2F2 meter is between each side of the rug and the corresponding side of the room wall. Try to make a diagram is this is not clear.