My friend asked me this question...haha. He's in a different math course, and I can't figure it out, which is kind of bad..but help, please?
You are building a walkway of uniform width around a 100 foot by 60 foot swimming pool. After completing the walkway. you want to put a fence along the outer edge of the walkway. You have 450 feet of fencing to enclose the walkway. What is the maximum width of the walkway?
2007-09-11 17:39:31 · 3 answers · asked by xılǝɥ ⋆ 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
The perimeter of the swimming pool is 100*2 + 60*2 = 320
so there is 130 extra
the walkway adds 8 times the width -
so the maximum width is 16.25 feet
2007-09-11 17:48:36 · answer #1 · answered by Beardo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
suppose, the width is x
.....2{(60+x)(100+x)}=450
=>x=32.5m
2007-09-12 02:26:48 · answer #2 · answered by piyaa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i come to 16.25 feet
2007-09-12 03:43:10 · answer #3 · answered by darty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋