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(b) The area of a rectangular pool is 8075 m².If the length of the pool is 95 m, what is its width?Width of the pool: ]m

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The area of a rectangle is:


A=wl

where w is the width and l is the length. Plugging the values we have and solving for w:


\begin{gathered} 8075=95w \\ w=(8075)/(95) \\ w=85 \end{gathered}

Therefore the width is 85 meters.

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