SOLUTION: A man built a walk of uniform width around a rectangular pool. If the area of the walk is 203 square feet and the dimensions of the pool are 14 feet by 8 feet, how wide is the walk

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Question 903798: A man built a walk of uniform width around a rectangular pool. If the area of the walk is 203 square feet and the dimensions of the pool are 14 feet by 8 feet, how wide is the walk?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be the uniform width of walkway.

Total area of pool and walkway:

Area of JUST the walkway: ;
simplify and solve for x.


Note, the first two steps can be:


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