Question

Randal’s dad is installing a new pool in their backyard. The pool is a square and has an area of 144 ft .

Randal’s dad will then build a 7 ft wide deck to surround the pool. What is the outside perimeter of the deck?

Answer 1

Answer: 52 feet

Explanation:

First, we know this is a square. So, if the area is 144, square root of 144 is 12 (12 * 12 = 144)

Adding a width of 7 feet to each side means that we can add 12+12+7+7+7+7.

52 feet!

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Answer 2

Answer: Let's call the side length of the square pool "s". We know that the area of a square is equal to the length of one side squared, so we can set up an equation:

s^2 = 144

We can solve for s by taking the square root of both sides:

s = sqrt(144) = 12

So the side length of the pool is 12 feet.

The outside perimeter of the deck is equal to the perimeter of the square pool plus the width of the deck on each side (7 feet). So the outside perimeter is:

12 + 7 + 7 + 12 + 7 + 7 = 52 feet

So the outside perimeter of the deck is 52 feet.

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