Brooke wants to have equal amounts of room on all four sides of her pool table. A 4ft by 7ft table is placed in the center of a rectangular room that has an area of 238 square feet. What is the width of the clear space Brooke will have on all sides of her table?
Can someone show me the steps to solving this?

Question

Brooke wants to have equal amounts of room on all four sides of her pool table. A 4ft by 7ft table is placed in the center of a rectangular room that has an area of 238 square feet. What is the width of the clear space Brooke will have on all sides of her table?
Can someone show me the steps to solving this?

anonymous · Answer

Let x = width of clear space.
(7 + 2x) (4+2x) = 266, find zeroes with quadratic formula.

anonymous · Answer

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