Question 1112707
Cynthia Besch wants to buy a rug for a room that is 

8 ft wide and 

19 ft long. She wants to leave a uniform strip of floor around the rug. She can afford to buy 

102 square feet of carpeting. What dimensions should the rug​ have?
<pre>The rug's dimensions CANNOT be 7 by 18, as reported by <b><u>Mr. ALMOST ALWAYS WRONG.</b></u> It's 6' by 17'. 
I absolutely have no idea where 7 by 18 came from, because even my 9 year-old knows that 7 * 18 DOES NOT give you 102.
I sympathize with you if you went along with that answer, but then again, you should know better if this is not your first visit to this forum.