Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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ISBN 10: 0-13446-914-3
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Chapter P - Section P.8 - Modeling with Equations - Exercise Set - Page 123: 27

Answer

The width of the court is $36$ feet, and the length is $78$ feet.

Work Step by Step

Let the width of the pool be $ w.$ We are told that the length is $2w+6.$ The perimeter equals 2$\times $(width + length) =$2(w+2w+6)=2(3w+6)=6w+12$ Given $\quad 6w+12=228\qquad $ ... subtract 12 $ 6w=216\qquad $ ... divide with 6 $ w=36$ The width of the court is $36$ feet, and the length is $2(36)+6=78$ feet.
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