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document.write( "I am building a square pond, I want to put a 2-foot wide brick border around the outside. If the total area of the border and the pond is 196 square feet, find the dimensions of the ond. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #21865 by venugopalramana(3286)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! I am building a square pond, I want to put a 2-foot wide brick border around the outside. If the total area of the border and the pond is 196 square feet, find the dimensions of the ond. \n" ); document.write( "SIDE^2 OF POND WITH BORDER =196 \n" ); document.write( "SIDE==SQRT(196)=14 \n" ); document.write( "THE BORDER IS 2' ALL AROUND SO POND WILL BE 2' LESS ON ONE END OF A SIDE AND ANOTHER 2' LESS ON THE OTHER END OF THE SAME SIDE \n" ); document.write( "SO SIDE OF POND IS 14-2-2=10' \n" ); document.write( "POND IS 10' SQUARE \n" ); document.write( " |