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To calculate: The width of the deck should be when the total area of the pool and deck is 400 feet. Also, find the width of the deck.
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Answer to Problem 69E
The required width of the rectangular pool is 3.5 feet.
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The measure of rectangular pool
The length of the pool is 18 feet and width of the pool is 9 feet.
It is known that the area of the pool is
Write the translation of the above equation as:
Simplify the above equation as:
Solve the above equation by factorization method.
Solve for x .
And,
But measurement cannot be negative.
Hence, the required width of the rectangular pool is 3.5 feet.
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