Question 35726
I am building a square pond, I want to put a 2-foot wide brick border around the outside. If the total area of the border and the pond is 196 square feet, find the dimensions of the ond.
SIDE^2 OF POND WITH BORDER =196
SIDE==SQRT(196)=14
THE BORDER IS 2' ALL AROUND SO POND WILL BE 2' LESS ON ONE END OF A SIDE AND ANOTHER 2' LESS ON THE OTHER END OF THE SAME SIDE
SO SIDE OF POND IS 14-2-2=10'
POND IS 10' SQUARE