SOLUTION: A 7m long pool is surrounded by a path 2m wide at the sides and 3m wide at the ends if the area of this path is 7o square meters , then the value of x is : ?

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Question 896576: A 7m long pool is surrounded by a path 2m wide at the sides and 3m wide at the ends
if the area of this path is 7o square meters , then the value of x is : ?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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You might be trying to use x as the width of the pool.

The length of pool is 7 m;
the width of pool is x meters.
The ENDS are the x meter sides, while length are the SIDES of 7 m of the pool.

You should draw a picture to understand the situation clearly.

Area of the Path: 4%2A2%2A3%2B2%283x%29%2B2%282%2A7%29, which is why you need to draw a picture. The expression is based on what I added for the description about the ENDS and the SIDES. This path area expression simplifies to 6x%2B52.

Area of the path seems given as 70 square meters.
highlight_green%286x%2B52=70%29
3x%2B26=35
3x=35-26
highlight%28x=3%29 meters