SOLUTION: A man built a walk of uniform width around a rectangular pool. If the area of the walk is 315 square feet and the dimensions of the pool are 8 feet by 18 feet, how wide is the walk
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Question 831318: A man built a walk of uniform width around a rectangular pool. If the area of the walk is 315 square feet and the dimensions of the pool are 8 feet by 18 feet, how wide is the walk?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39613) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let w be the width of the walkway
Total area:
Pool area:
The difference in areas is the area of the walkway:
Solve for w.
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