document.write( "Question 122205: a swimming pool is 20 feet wide and 40 feet long it is surrounded by square tiles each 1 foot by 1 foot. how many tiles are there surrounding the pool? \n" ); document.write( "
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swimming pool 20 feet wide
\n" ); document.write( " and 40 feet long \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So Circumference=2(wide+long)
\n" ); document.write( "=2(20+40)
\n" ); document.write( "=2(60)
\n" ); document.write( "=120\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So minimum 120 tiles of 1 ft length needed
\n" ); document.write( "Plus 4 tiles at the corner
\n" ); document.write( "So Totally 120+4=124 tiles
\n" ); document.write( "okay\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Verify: Take a graph sheet
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Answer = 124 tiles\r
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