SOLUTION: if a olympic swimming pool is twice as long as it is wide and ther perimeter is 150 meters then what are the lenght and width?
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Question 323551: if a olympic swimming pool is twice as long as it is wide and ther perimeter is 150 meters then what are the lenght and width?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let width be x
Length = 2x
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Perimeter = 2*(L+B)
150= 2(x+2x)
150=6x
x=150/6
x=25 meters width
Length = 2x = 50 meters
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