SOLUTION: I need assistance with this story problem- I am building a square pond, I want to put a 2-foot wide brick border around the outside. If the total area of the border and the pond

Question 35726: I need assistance with this story problem-
I am building a square pond, I want to put a 2-foot wide brick border around the outside. If the total area of the border and the pond is 196 square feet, find the dimensions of the ond.
Answer by venugopalramana(3286) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I am building a square pond, I want to put a 2-foot wide brick border around the outside. If the total area of the border and the pond is 196 square feet, find the dimensions of the ond.
SIDE^2 OF POND WITH BORDER =196
SIDE==SQRT(196)=14
THE BORDER IS 2' ALL AROUND SO POND WILL BE 2' LESS ON ONE END OF A SIDE AND ANOTHER 2' LESS ON THE OTHER END OF THE SAME SIDE
SO SIDE OF POND IS 14-2-2=10'
POND IS 10' SQUARE
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