SOLUTION: building a walkway of uniform width around 95x65 foot swimming pool. After walkway is complete, you want to build a fence around outter edge of walkway. You have 450 ft of fencin
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Question 251171: building a walkway of uniform width around 95x65 foot swimming pool. After walkway is complete, you want to build a fence around outter edge of walkway. You have 450 ft of fencing to enclose the walkway. What is the maximum width of the walkway? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
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After walkway is complete, you want to build a fence around outer edge of walkway.
You have 450 ft of fencing to enclose the walkway. What is the maximum width of the walkway?
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Let x = the walkway width
Then the overall dimensions, including the walkway:
(2x+95) by (2x+65)
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The perimeter: 2L + 2W = 450:
therefore:
2(2x+95) + 2(2x+65) = 480
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Simplify, divide by 2
(2x+95) + (2x+65) = 240
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Remove brackets, group like terms
2x + 2x + 95 + 65 = 240
4x + 160 = 240
4x = 240 - 160
4x = 80
x =
x = 20' is the width of the walkway
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Check by finding the perimeter
2(95 + 2(20)) + 2(65 + 2(20))
2(95 + 40) + 2(65 + 40)
2(135) + 2(105)
270 + 210 = 480
