SOLUTION: John and Chris Maney have designed a new in-ground swimming pool for their backyard. The pool is rectangular and measures 30 feet by 20 feet. They have also designed a tile border
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Question 399108: John and Chris Maney have designed a new in-ground swimming pool for their backyard. The pool is rectangular and measures 30 feet by 20 feet. They have also designed a tile border to go around the pool. The tile border covers 216 square feet in area. What is the width x of this tile border? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! John and Chris Maney have designed a new in-ground swimming pool for their backyard.
The pool is rectangular and measures 30 feet by 20 feet.
They have also designed a tile border to go around the pool.
The tile border covers 216 square feet in area.
What is the width x of this tile border?
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Find the area of the pool: 30 * 20 = 600 sq/ft
Find the overall area (A) which includes the border:
(2x+30)(2x+20)
FOIL
A = 4x^2 + 40x + 60x + 600
A = 4x^2 + 100x + 600; the overall area
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Overall area - pool area = 216
4x^2 + 100x + 600 - 600 = 216
A quadratic equation
4x^2 + 100x - 216 = 0
Simplify, divide by 4
x^2 + 25x - 54 = 0
Factors to:
(x-2)(x+27) = 0
the positive solution
x = 2 ft is the width of the border
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Check this, overall dimensions would be 24 by 34, find the area:
24 * 34 = 816
Subtract the pool area (600) and you have the given area of 216
