SOLUTION: A rectangular swimming pool is twice as long as it is wide. The area of the surface is 288 ft2. Find the dimensions of the pool.

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Question 453154: A rectangular swimming pool is twice as long as it is wide. The area of the surface is 288 ft2. Find the dimensions of the pool.
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The area of a rectangle is calculated by measuring th length times the width. The width is and, in this case, the length is .

Hence:



Solve for , then calculate


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