cynthia besch wants to buy a rug for a room that is 14ft wide and 23 ft long. She wants to leave a uniform strip of floor around the rug. She can afford to buy 190 square feet of carpeting. What dimensions should the rug have?5

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anonymous · Answer

the room is 14w and 23l
she can buy up to 190 sqft
190 factors into 10 and 19
14-10=4 23-19=4 which is uniform

anonymous · Answer

so would the answer be 4, 4

anonymous · Answer

oh no, the answer would be 10ft wide and 19 ft long
uniform means same, so she wants an equal amount of space of the floor showing for all 4 sides, and if the width is 10 and length is 19 there's 4 ft of floor showing on all 4 sides, which is uniform

anonymous · Answer

Ok I understand now thanks