SOLUTION: Can you help me solve this word problem: 1) A house owner wants to build a swimming pool in his backyard. The dimensions of the pool he wants to build is 60m by 40m. If the area of

Question 204660: Can you help me solve this word problem: 1) A house owner wants to build a swimming pool in his backyard. The dimensions of the pool he wants to build is 60m by 40m. If the area of his backyard is only 40m^2, then what is the width of his backyard?

Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A house owner wants to build a swimming pool in his backyard. The dimensions of the pool he wants to build is 60m by 40m. If the area of his backyard is only 40m^2, then what is the width of his backyard?
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That's a big pool, its area is 2400 sq meters.
It won't fit in his backyard with an area of 40 sq meters.
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