SOLUTION: can you please help me with this word problem. thank you very much 112. Swimming pool design. An architect has a designed a motel pool with in a rectangular area the is fenced

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112. Swimming pool design. An architect has a designed a motel pool with in a rectangular area the is fenced on three sides. If she uses 60 yards of fencing to enclose as area of 352 square yards, then what are the dimensions for L and W? Assume L is greater than W
Found 2 solutions by checkley71, joyofmath:
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
L*W=352
2L+W=60
W=60-2L
L(60-2L)=352
60L-2L^2-352=0
-2L^2+60L-352=0
L^2-30L+176=0
(L-22)(L-8)=0
L-22=0
L=22 SOLUTION
L-8=0
L=8 SOLUTION
22*W=352
W=352/22
W=16 SOLUTION
PROOF
2*22+16=60
44+16=60
60=60

Answer by joyofmath(189) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the width of the pool = W and the length of the pool = L. We are told that the length is greater than W so .
Assume the three sides that are fenced in are the two widths and one length, and that's with 60 yards of fencing. Thus,
(1)
We also know that the area of the pool = 352. So,
(2)
Subtract from both sides of (1) to get
Replace L with in (2) to get
(3)
Now, multiply by W and we get .
So, (3) becomes or
(4)
This is a quadratic equation which can also be written as .
We divide both sides by 2 and get .
The coefficients of this quadratic equation are -1, 30, and -176.
Remember the quadratic equation, solving for w:
Replace a, b, and c with -1, 30, and -176 respectively and you get

Multiply things out and you get
or

so
So, W can equal which = 8
or W can equal which = 22
From (1) we know that . If W = 8 then or so .
If W = 22 then or or so . But, L must be > W and 16 is not > 22 so W = 22 is not a solution.
So, L = 44. and from (1) we know that so so and .
To verify our answer, that and we plug these values into (1) and (2):
so should = 60 and it does.
so should = 352 and it does.
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