Cynthia Besch wants to buy a rug for a room that is 18 ft wide and 32 ft long. She wants to leave a uniform strip of floor around the rug. She can afford to buy 312 square feet of carpeting. What dimensions should the rug​ have?

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Answer:

12x26

Step-by-step explanation:

Area of a room A = 18*32 = 576 sq ft

She can leave 6 ft around the rug, so

312 sq ft = 12 * 26