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Leo polar bear has drawn a draft as in the picture below. His plot of land is 24x20ft. a blue strip of equal width is the pool. Leo wants the pool area to be half of his land area. What should the width of the strip be to meet the requirement? Use an equation to represent this situation and solve it.

Leo polar bear has drawn a draft as in the picture below. His plot of land is 24x-example-1
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So, you have to do 20x24 which equals 2400 so 2400 is the answer you're looking for do at your own risk

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