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? Show your work.

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anonymous · Answer

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jim766 · Answer

if the width around is the same....x   , how much did the width increase?

jim766 · Answer

look at the picture, can you see how the width would increase by 2x ?
an x is added to each side

anonymous · Answer

I dont understand

jim766 · Answer

what is the width of the pool table right now?

jim766 · Answer

it tells you in the problem

anonymous · Answer

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jim766 · Answer

right they want equal distance on all sides of the table|dw:1367006001329:dw|