Sam has a rectangular rug with an area of 48 square feet. The rug is 8 feet longer than it is wide. What is the width of the rug?

Given:

Arear of rectangular rug = 48 sq. feet.

The rug is 8 feet longer than it is wide.

To find:

The width of the rug.

Solution:

Let x feet be the width of the rug.

The rug is 8 feet longer than it is wide.

Length of the rug = (x+8) feet

Area of a rectangle is

Arear of rectangular rug is 48 sq. feet.

Splitting the middle term, we get

Using zero product property, we get

Width cannot be negative. So, .

Therefore, the width of the rug is 4 feet.

where are the choices?

14.3

step-by-step explanation:

add all the numbers together.

9 + 12 + 15 + 16 + 17 + 17 = 86

now, divide 86 by how many numbers we have: 6.

86 / 6 = 14.3