document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=169853>Question 169853</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The perimeter of a swimming pool is 96 meters. The width is 3 meters more that the length of the pool. Find the length and width of the pool. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = length of the pool<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+3 = width of the pool<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Remember, the perimeter of any rectangle is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W + W + L + L<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2W + 2L<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(W + L)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, rewriting the above with our variable we have:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "96 = 2(x + x+3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "96 = 2(2x+3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "96 = 4x+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "90 = 4x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "22.5 meters = x (length of pool)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "width:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+3 = 22.5+3 = 25.5 meters (width of pool)<BR>\n" );
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