What is the length of the unknown leg in the right triangle?
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The walkway is 1.5 m wide.
The area of the pool is 12(6) = 72 m².
Adding a walkway of unknown width, x, around all 4 sides of the pool increases the width by 2x and the length by 2x; thus the area of the entire pool and walkway together would be given by
(12+2x)(6+2x)
We know that the area of just the walkway is 9 m² less than the area of the pool. This means that:
(12+2x)(6+2x)-72 = 72-9
Multiplying through we have:
12*6+12*2x+2x*6+2x*2x - 72 = 63
72 + 24x + 12x + 4x² - 72 = 63
24x + 12x + 4x² = 63
36x + 4x² = 63
Writing in standard form we have:
4x² + 36x = 63
We want to set it equal to 0 to solve, so subtract 63 from both sides:
4x² + 36x - 63 = 63 - 63
4x² + 36x - 63 = 0
Using the quadratic formula,
Since a negative width makes no sense, the walkway is 1.5 m wide.
The area of the pool is 12(6) = 72 m².
Adding a walkway of unknown width, x, around all 4 sides of the pool increases the width by 2x and the length by 2x; thus the area of the entire pool and walkway together would be given by
(12+2x)(6+2x)
We know that the area of just the walkway is 9 m² less than the area of the pool. This means that:
(12+2x)(6+2x)-72 = 72-9
Multiplying through we have:
12*6+12*2x+2x*6+2x*2x - 72 = 63
72 + 24x + 12x + 4x² - 72 = 63
24x + 12x + 4x² = 63
36x + 4x² = 63
Writing in standard form we have:
4x² + 36x = 63
We want to set it equal to 0 to solve, so subtract 63 from both sides:
4x² + 36x - 63 = 63 - 63
4x² + 36x - 63 = 0
Using the quadratic formula,
Since a negative width makes no sense, the walkway is 1.5 m wide.