Cynthia Besch Wants To Buy A Room Analysis
Chapter 1.5 Word Problems
The product of two consecutive even integers.
1. Find two consecutive even integers whose product is 168
Sides of a Square
2. The length of each side of a square is 3 in. more than the length of each side of a smaller square. The sum of the areas of the squares is 149 in2. Find the lengths of the sides of the two squares.
Uniform Strip
3. Cynthia Besch wants to buy a rug for a room that is 12 ft wide and 15 ft long. She wants to leave a uniform strip of floor around the rug. She can afford to buy 108 ft2 of carpeting. What dimensions should the rug have?
Rectangular piece of metal
4. A rectangular piece of metal is 10 in longer than it is wide. Squares with sides 2 in long are cut from
The product of two consecutive even integers.
1. Find two consecutive even integers whose product is 168
Sides of a Square
2. The length of each side of a square is 3 in. more than the length of each side of a smaller square. The sum of the areas of the squares is 149 in2. Find the lengths of the sides of the two squares.
Uniform Strip
3. Cynthia Besch wants to buy a rug for a room that is 12 ft wide and 15 ft long. She wants to leave a uniform strip of floor around the rug. She can afford to buy 108 ft2 of carpeting. What dimensions should the rug have?
Rectangular piece of metal
4. A rectangular piece of metal is 10 in longer than it is wide. Squares with sides 2 in long are cut from