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Posted by s on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 5:50pm.

The length of a rectangular floor is 2 feet more than its width. The area of the floor is 168 square feet. Kim wants to use a rug in the middle of the room and leave a 2 foot border of the floor visible on all sides. What should the length (the longer side) of the rug be?

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