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A rectangular swimming pool that is 10 ft wide by 16 ft long is surrounded by a cement sidewalk of uniform width. If the area of the sidewalk is 155 ft2, what is its width?

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the answer is 2.5 feet .

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The width of sidewalk is 2.5 ft.

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