Question

A rectangular room is 14 feet by 20 feet. A rectangular rug is placed in the room so that a 2-foot border of floor around the edge of the room is not covered by the rug. What is the area of the rug?

Answer 1

the rug should be 10 feet by 16 feet

this makes the area 160 foot squared

Explanation:

there is a 2 foot border on each side so the total area loses 4 feet from length. this gives 10 feet by 16 feet.