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Cynthia Besch wants to buy a rug for a room that is 19 ft wide and 25 ft long. She wants to leave a uniform strip of floor around the rug. She can
afford to buy 315 square feet of carpeting What dimensions should the rug have?

Answer :

Answer:

13 x 158

Step-by-step explanation:

L= 2W

A= 315 sq ft^2

A= L*W

315= 2W* W

315/2= 158 = w^2

W^2= 158

W=[tex]\sqrt{158}[/tex]

W= 13

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