Problem: Roll carpet comes in rolls 3.66 meters wide. Carpet is paid for by the total number of whole metres that need to be cut from the roll. It may be laid in a rectangular room lengthways or...

Problem: Roll carpet comes in rolls 3.66 meters wide. Carpet is paid for by the total number of whole metres that need to be cut from the roll. It may be laid in a rectangular room lengthways or widthways. Either way there might be some wastage. The length of a room is always its longer dimension and its width is always its shorter dimension.