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  • 14-12-2017
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You have 54 feet of trim for a swimming pool that you are installing. You know that twice the width of the pool is 3 feet more than the length. What is the size of the pool?

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CastleRook
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  • 07-07-2018
To get the size of the pool we proceed as follows:
let the width be w
the length will be 2w-3
thus given that the perimeter is 54 ft then the dimensions of the pool will be:
P=2(L+W)
thus
54=2[(2w-3)+w]
54=2(3w-3)
54=6w-6
54+2=6w
hence
60=6w
w=10

hence
length =2(10)-3=17
width=10

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