SOLUTION: A rectangle 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 174132: A rectangle 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 solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! This is the same problem as illustrated in http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/misc/Miscellaneous_Word_Problems.faq.question.174134.html
except for different numbers and a slightly different relationship between length and width. Check out the solution to 174134 and you should be able to solve this one.
