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 265m^2.
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Question 174171: 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 265m^2. Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! THE POOL IS X*3X=3X^2
(X+5)(3X+5)-3X^2=265
3X^2+20X+25-3X^2=265
20X=265-25
20X=240
X=240/20
X=12m.IS THE WIDTH OF THE POOL.
3*12=36m. IS THE LENGTH OF THE POOL.
PROOF:
(12+5)(36+5)-3*12^2=265
17*41-3*144=265
697-432-265
265=265
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