Question

A deck is being built around a rectangular swimming pool the swimming pool is 20ft * 12ft and the deck has a uniform width of 6 ft what is the area of the deck only

Answer 1

The area of the only deck is 528 ft²

Explanation

The length and width of the swimming pool are 20 ft and 12 ft respectively.

So, the area of the swimming pool $=length*width= (20*12)ft^2= 240 ft^2$

Now a deck is being built around the pool and it has a uniform width of 6 ft.

So, the length of the pool including the deck $=(20+6*2)ft = 32 ft$ and the width of the pool including the deck $=(12+6*2)ft=24 ft$

Thus, the area of the pool including the deck $=(32*24)ft^2 = 768 ft^2$

So, the area of the deck only $=(768-240)ft^2 = 528 ft^2$