SOLUTION: where is the best location for a lifeguard to stand when on the edge of a rectangular pool should lifeguard be located in short side or long side and where on the side should life

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Question 963471: where is the best location for a lifeguard to stand when on the edge of a rectangular pool
should lifeguard be located in short side or long side and where on the side should lifeguard be located

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In the middle of the long side.
This reduces the maximum distance he or she would have to reach any potential problem.

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