SOLUTION: A walkway of uniform width surrounds a 10 by 20 pool. The area of the entire region, including the walkway, is 600 ft? Find the width of the walkway. Thank you!

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Question 1165979: A walkway of uniform width surrounds a 10 by 20 pool. The area of the entire region, including the walkway, is 600 ft? Find the width of the walkway.
Thank you!
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x, the width of the walkway surrounding pool.

highlight%28%282x%2B10%29%282x%2B20%29=600%29------------simplify and solve this.