SOLUTION: You have a pool that measure 15 yards by 10 yards. You want to build a deck around all four sides of the pool and you want to increase the total area to 250 square yards. What is t

Question 925988: You have a pool that measure 15 yards by 10 yards. You want to build a deck around all four sides of the pool and you want to increase the total area to 250 square yards. What is the width of the deck?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x, the uniform width around the pool.

; you want the difference in area to be 250 square yards. Simplify this equation.

You can try to factor, but alternatively, preparing for general solution method,
discriminant is .

About 3.83 yards.
About 3 yards 2 feet 6 inches
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