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Cynthia Besch wants to buy a rug for a room that is 19 ft wide and 27 ft \long. She wants to leave a uniform strip of floor around the rug. She can afford to buy 209 square feet of carpeting. What dimensions should the rug​ have?

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Step-by-step explanation:

Rug dimensions are 27 x19

Area = 27*19 = 513 sqft

She can buy 209 square feet of carpeting

Dimensions the rug should have should be proportional

So lenght = [tex]209*27/513 = 11[/tex]

and width = [tex]209*19/513 = 7.74[/tex]

Dimensions should be

11x 7.74

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