SOLUTION: A city ordinance requires a man to install a fence around a rectangular swimming pool. The pool is 16 feet wide nd 20 feet long. He has 154 feet worth of fencing. He wants to arran
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Question 786834: A city ordinance requires a man to install a fence around a rectangular swimming pool. The pool is 16 feet wide nd 20 feet long. He has 154 feet worth of fencing. He wants to arrange a rectangular fence so that each side of the fence is the same distance from the pool. Each side of the fence is x feet away, how do i solve for x. What is the equation as well.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The dimensions of the fence will be:
by
The perimeter, is:
You are given that ft
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check:
OK
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