SOLUTION: A rectangular swimming pool is twice as long as it is wide. The area of the surface is 288 ft2. Find the dimensions of the pool.
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Question 453154: A rectangular swimming pool is twice as long as it is wide. The area of the surface is 288 ft2. Find the dimensions of the pool.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The area of a rectangle is calculated by measuring th length times the width. The width is
and, in this case, the length is
.
Hence:
Solve for
, then calculate
John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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