Question

a kiddie pool is 10 feet long and 5 feet wide. surrounding each side of the kiddie pool is a cement walkway of uniform width. The combined area of the pool and the walkway is 104 ftsquared. Find the width of the walkway.

Answer 1

1.59 ft.. sort of

Explanation:

4th and final attempt:

10 * 5 + 2(10x + 2x) + 2(5x) = 104

50 + 2(12x) + 10x = 104

50 + 24x + 10x = 104

50 + 34x = 104

34x = 104 - 50

34x = 54

x = 54 / 34

x ~= 1.59