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Cynthia Besch wants to buy a rug for a room that is 23 ft wide and 33 ft long. She wants to leave a uniform strip of floor around the rug. She can afford to buy 375 square feet of carpeting. What dimensions should the rug​ have?

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She can buy a rug that is 17ft by 22ft. With a total footage of 374ft.
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