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Question 996598: a family wants to build a cement walkway of constant width around a 25ft X 30ft rectangular pool. They have enough cement for 504 sq ft. Assuming they use all the cement, how wide should they make the walkway? Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source):
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A is for the area of the border to surround the rectangular region.
Total area minus given rectangular region area is the border area;
The rest should be easy; the unknown is x.
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