Question

A swimming pool and deck are built in a rectangle with length 40ft and width 18ft.If the pool itself is 320 square feet,what is the area of the deck itself?

Answer 1

Calculate total area by multiplying the length by the width:

40 ft x 18 ft = 720 square feet total.

Now subtract the area of the pool:

720 - 320 = 400 square feet for the deck.