x is in meters. 25. Dimensions of a Rug Zachary wants to buy a rug for a room that is 12 ft wide and 15 ft long. He wants to leave a uniform strip of floor around the rug. He can afford to buy 108 ft2 of carpeting. What dimensions should the rug have? 108 ft 12 ft A 15 ft- 26. Width of a Flower Border A landscape architect has included a rectangular flower bed measuring 9 ft by 5 ft in her plans for a new building. She wants to use two colors of flowers in the bed: one in the center and the other for a border of the same width on all four sides. If she has enough plants to cover 24 ft2 for the border, how wide can the border be? 27. Volume of a Box A rectangular piece of metal is 10 in. longer than it is wide. Squares with sides 2 in. long upward to form an open box. If the volume of the box is 832 in.3, what were the original dimensions of the piece of metal? are cut from the four corners, and the flaps are folded 28, Volume of a Box In Exercise 27, suppose that the piece of metal has length twice the width, and 4-in. squares are cut from the corners. If the volume of the box is 1536 in.3, what were the original dimensions of the piece of metal?

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x is in meters.
25. Dimensions of a Rug Zachary wants to buy a rug for a room that is 12 ft wide and
15 ft long. He wants to leave a uniform strip of floor around the rug. He can afford to
buy 108 ft2 of carpeting. What dimensions should the rug have?
108 ft
12 ft
A
15 ft-
26. Width of a Flower Border A landscape architect has included a rectangular flower
bed measuring 9 ft by 5 ft in her plans for a new building. She wants to use two
colors of flowers in the bed: one in the center and the other for a border of the same
width on all four sides. If she has enough plants to cover 24 ft2 for the border, how
wide can the border be?
27. Volume of a Box A rectangular piece of metal is 10 in. longer than it is wide.
Squares with sides 2 in. long
upward to form an open box. If the volume of the box is 832 in.3, what were the
original dimensions of the piece of metal?
are cut from the four corners, and the flaps
are folded
28, Volume of a Box In Exercise 27, suppose that the piece of metal has length twice
the width, and 4-in. squares are cut from the corners. If the volume of the box is
1536 in.3, what were the original dimensions of the piece of metal?
Transcribed Image Text:x is in meters. 25. Dimensions of a Rug Zachary wants to buy a rug for a room that is 12 ft wide and 15 ft long. He wants to leave a uniform strip of floor around the rug. He can afford to buy 108 ft2 of carpeting. What dimensions should the rug have? 108 ft 12 ft A 15 ft- 26. Width of a Flower Border A landscape architect has included a rectangular flower bed measuring 9 ft by 5 ft in her plans for a new building. She wants to use two colors of flowers in the bed: one in the center and the other for a border of the same width on all four sides. If she has enough plants to cover 24 ft2 for the border, how wide can the border be? 27. Volume of a Box A rectangular piece of metal is 10 in. longer than it is wide. Squares with sides 2 in. long upward to form an open box. If the volume of the box is 832 in.3, what were the original dimensions of the piece of metal? are cut from the four corners, and the flaps are folded 28, Volume of a Box In Exercise 27, suppose that the piece of metal has length twice the width, and 4-in. squares are cut from the corners. If the volume of the box is 1536 in.3, what were the original dimensions of the piece of metal?
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