Cynthia Besch wants to buy a rug for a room that is 23 ft wide and 29 ft long. She wants to leave a uniform strip of floor around the rug. She can afford to buy 475 square feet of carpeting. What dimensions should the rug​ have?

Answer 1

23 - 2 w = width
29 - 2 w = length
(23-2w)(29-2w) =475
solve quadratic for w
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then use w to get width and length

Answer 2

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