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The martins swimming pool is a square and is in the center of a square plot that is 36 meters on a side. They have 1,175 square meters of lawn. How long is a side of the pool?

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The area of the plot: 36^2 = 1296 square meters

The area of the pool is: 1296 - 1175 = 121 square meters

The side of the pool is: √121 = 11 meters
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