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Joan wants to buy a rug for a room that is 11 feet by 16 feet. She wants to leave a uniform strip of floor around the rug. She can afford 66 square feet of carpeting. What dimensions should the rug have?
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Joan wants to buy a rug for a room that is 11 feet by 16 feet. She wants to leave a uniform strip of floor around the rug. She can afford 66 square feet of carpeting. What dimensions should the rug have?

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it should have 110 because she can only afford 66 and so 176 - 66 = 110 so it should be 110
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