Problema Solution
math word problems cynthia besch wants to buy a rug for a room that is 18 ft wide and 27 ft long.she wants to leave a uniform strip of floor around the rug. SHe can afford to buy 136 square feet of carpeting. what dimensions should the rug have?
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let 'x' represent the uniform strip of floor left around the rug
area = length * width
136 = (27-x)(18-x)
solving for 'x' we have a value for x that is less than 18 of x=10
27-10=17
18-10=8
the rug should be 8 ft wide and 17 ft long