SOLUTION: A 7m long pool is surrounded by a path 2m wide at the sides and 3m wide at the ends if the area of this path is 7o square meters , then the value of x is : ?

Question 896576: A 7m long pool is surrounded by a path 2m wide at the sides and 3m wide at the ends
if the area of this path is 7o square meters , then the value of x is : ?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You might be trying to use x as the width of the pool.

The length of pool is 7 m;
the width of pool is x meters.
The ENDS are the x meter sides, while length are the SIDES of 7 m of the pool.

You should draw a picture to understand the situation clearly.

Area of the Path: , which is why you need to draw a picture. The expression is based on what I added for the description about the ENDS and the SIDES. This path area expression simplifies to .

Area of the path seems given as 70 square meters.

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