Question

The length of a conference room is one and a half times its width. There is a carpet in the centre of the room. The length of the carpet is twice its width. This leaves a 3 m wide border around the edges of the carpet. Find the area of the carpet.​

Answer 1

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The width of the carpet is,

then,

x-6 and the length of the carpet is 2(x-6)

12*6=72 m^2 Area of carpet.