SOLUTION: A rectangle is 12 cm longer than it is wide. a wooden walk 2 ft wide is placed around the pond. the area covered by the pond and walk is 160 ft^2 greater than the area covered by t

Question 984958: A rectangle is 12 cm longer than it is wide. a wooden walk 2 ft wide is placed around the pond. the area covered by the pond and walk is 160 ft^2 greater than the area covered by the pond alone. What are the dimensions of the pond
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Is the rectangle the same thing as the pond? Making sense of the description must permit these to be the same.

w width of pond
L length of pond
u the width of the WALK to surround the rectangular pond
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------decimal approximation;
Are you sure that part of the description is 12 CENTIMETERS longer?
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A area of walkway alone;
A=160 ft^2
u=2

Total Area Pond Plus Walkway,
Area just the pond,
Just WALK area,

Start simplifying that last equation difference being A.

, not yet finished symbolically...
You need to be sure about the description relating w and L, and when you are, you can readjust if necessary, and then continue, solving first ... for w.

If you meant what you described, then

, and just substitute the values to evaluate...
Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A rectangle is 12 cm longer than it is wide. a wooden walk 2 ft wide is placed around the pond. the area covered by the pond and walk is 160 ft^2 greater than the area covered by the pond alone. What are the dimensions of the pond

Why the different measurements: cm and ft. Is this a RECTANGULAR pond? Couldn't you take some time to present the problem better than this?

Dimensions of the pond could be:
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