a rectangular floor is covered by a rug except for a strip 4 meters wide along each of the four edge . if the floor is 25 meters by 20 meters , what is the area of the rug in square meters ?
a strip of 4 meters is covering the inner rectangular rug for all 4 sides . length of inner rug = 25 - ( 2 * 4 ) breadth of inner rug = 20 - ( 2 * 4 ) area of rug = 17 * 12 = 204 sq . mt â nswer : c
rectangle_area(subtract(25, multiply(4, const_2)), subtract(20, multiply(4, const_2)))