A rectangular rug is in the middle of a room. There is a uniform width of floor that shows around the rug. The dimensions of the rug are 16 ft by 21 ft. The area of the room is 780 ft^2. Determine the dimensions of the room to the nearest tenth of a foot.

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therefore the width and length of the entire room are (16 + 2x) and (21+2x) respectively

therefore (16 + 2x)(21+2x) = 780
I'd just use a calculator to solve this tbh