SOLUTION: A large swimming pool has a perimeter of 1,096 meters, this rectangular-shaped pool is 30 meters longer than 6 times its width. Find its dimensions.

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Question 989239: A large swimming pool has a perimeter of 1,096 meters, this rectangular-shaped pool is 30 meters longer than 6 times its width. Find its dimensions.
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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The formula for the perimeter of a rectangle is . So I will leave it to you to verify that the sum of the length and the width is one half of the perimeter.

If represents the width, then for this rectangle, must represent the length. Set the sum of the length and the width equal to half of 1096 and then solve for

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it