SOLUTION: A rectangular swimming pool is three times as long as it is wide and is surrounded by a deck 2.5m wide. Find the dimensions of the pool if the area of the deck is 265 meters square
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Question 858422: A rectangular swimming pool is three times as long as it is wide and is surrounded by a deck 2.5m wide. Find the dimensions of the pool if the area of the deck is 265 meters squared. Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A rectangular swimming pool is three times as long as it is wide and is surrounded by a deck 2.5m wide.
Find the dimensions of the pool if the area of the deck is 265 meters squared.
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let x = the width of the pool
then
3x = the length of the pool
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The overall length and with including the walkway a 2.5 wide deck will add 5' to the dimensions of the pool therefore
(x+5) by (3x+5) = the overall dimensions
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Overall area - pool area = deck area
(x+5)(3x+5) - 3x*x = 265
3x^2 + 5x + 15x + 25 - 3x^2 = 265
20x = 264 - 25
20x = 240
x = 240/20
x = 12 meters is the width of the pool
and
3(12) = 36 meters is the length
z:
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Check this find the area
overall area: 17 * 41 = 687
pool only area: 12*36 = 432
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deck area only: 265
