document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1167764>Question 1167764</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A rectangular swimming pool is 3 times as long as it is wide. It is surrounded by a cement walk 1 ft wide. The area of the walk is 36 ft2. Find the dimensions of the pool. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "pool is x feet wide and 3x feet long<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the width of pool and walk together is x+2 feet and the length is 3x+2 feet.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That area is 3x^2+8x+4 ft^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The area of the pool is 3x^2 ft^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the area of the walk is the difference or 8x+4 ft^2=36 ft^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore, x=4 feet.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the pool is 4 feet wide and 12 feet long or 48 ft^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "pool and walk are 6 feet wide and 14 feet long or 84 ft^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The difference between those two must be the area of the walk, which is 36 ft^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer is 4 x 12 units feet for the pool. </SPAN>\n" );
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