SOLUTION: a rectangular swimming pool is three time as long as it is wide and is surrounded by a deck 2.5 m wide. find the dimensions of the pool if the area of the deck is 265 m^2
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: a rectangular swimming pool is three time as long as it is wide and is surrounded by a deck 2.5 m wide. find the dimensions of the pool if the area of the deck is 265 m^2
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Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a rectangular swimming pool is three time as long as it is wide and is
surrounded by a deck 2.5 m wide. find the dimensions of the pool if the
area of the deck is 265 m^2.
:
Let x = the width of the pool
Then 3x = the length of the pool
:
area of pool = x(3x
total area = (x + 2(2.5)) * (3x + 2(2.5))
:
The total area - 265 = area of the pool:
(x+5)*(3x+5) - 265 = x(3x)
3x^2 + 5x + 15x + 25 - 265 = 3x^2
3x^2 - 3x^2 + 20x - 240 = 0
20x = 240
x = 240/20
:
x = 12 m width of the pool
3x = 36 m length of the pool
:
:
Check
41*17 = 697 total area
36*12 = 432 pool area
------------------subtract
have = 265 deck area as given in the problem
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