document.write( "Question 864642: A rectangular swimming pool is twice as long as it is wide. A small sidewalk surrounds the pool. The walkway is a constant 2ft wide and has an area of 196 square feet. Find the dimensions of the pool.
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Pool length, x.
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\n" ); document.write( "2 = width of walkway.
\n" ); document.write( "x=2y; so let us say:
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\n" ); document.write( "2y = pool length, and y = pool width
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Total Area combined walkway and pool is \"%282y%2B2%2A2%29%28y%2B2%2A2%29\".
\n" ); document.write( "Pool Area is \"2y%5E2\".
\n" ); document.write( "Walkway area is given, 196 square feet.
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\n" ); document.write( "Those three parts give you \"Total=Pool%2BWalkway\":
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight_green%28%282y%2B4%29%28y%2B4%29=2y%5E2%2B196%29\". This will be a quadratic equation. Can you do the rest?
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