SOLUTION: A swimming pool is 30 feet wide and 60 feet long. If it is surrounded by square tiles, each of which is 1 foot by 1 foot, how many tiles are there surrounding the pool?

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Question 913296: A swimming pool is 30 feet wide and 60 feet long. If it is surrounded by square tiles, each of which is 1 foot by 1 foot, how many tiles are there surrounding the pool?
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The perimeter is



There are 180 1' by 1' tiles plus
more for the corners, so
there are:
tiles

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