SOLUTION: A man built a walk of uniform width around a rectangular pool. If the area of the walk is 259 square feet and the dimensions of the pool are 13 feet by 17 feet, how wide is the wal

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Question 831282: A man built a walk of uniform width around a rectangular pool. If the area of the walk is 259 square feet and the dimensions of the pool are 13 feet by 17 feet, how wide is the walk?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39615) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let the uniform width be w.

Expression for entire area combined of pool and walkway is %282w%2B13%29%282w%2B17%29.
Value for area of just the pool is 13%2A17.
The DIFFERENCE is 259.

The equation that will use the variable you want to solve for is %282w%2B13%29%282w%2B17%29-13%2A17=259

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