Question 1084002
A rectangular pool is 8m longer than its width. The pool has a walk way of 2m around the whole pool. The total area of the walkway is 176m^2. What are the pool dimensions?

so far I have:
(8+W)(W)-4= 176
Is this correct?
(W= width)
final answer: width= 22.5 m
length = 30.5 m
<pre>{{{highlight_green(matrix(2,5, Width, of, "pool:", 16, m, Length, of, "pool:", 24, m))}}}
ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS IGNORE everything written by the other person who gave you this equation: {{{highlight_green(x^2 + 24x - 128 = 0)}}}
It's UTTER RUBBISH....This and almost 99% of his answers.

BTW: Your equation should NOT be: (8+W)(W)-4= 176, but (8 + W + 4)(W + 4) - (8 + W)W = 176, instead.