Beatrice has a rectangular swimming pool in her backyard. The dimensions are 16 feet by 8 feet. She decides to build a deck of u
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width around the pool. Together the pool and the deck will have an area of 384 square feet.
a) write the expression to represent the length and the width of the swimming pool with the deck around it
b) find x, the width of the deck
width around the pool. Together the pool and the deck will have an area of 384 square feet.
a) write the expression to represent the length and the width of the swimming pool with the deck around it
b) find x, the width of the deck
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Answer:
Option A is correct.
10 square centimeters.
Step-by-step explanation:
Complete Question
The complete Question is attached in the first attached image.
Lydia cut out her initial from a piece of construction paper. How many square centimeters of construction paper are used to make Lydia's initial?
A) 10 square centimeters
B) 11 square centimeters
C) 15 square centimeters
D) 22 square centimeters
Solution
From the second attached image, it is evident that we can split the L-shaped figure into two rectangles of dimensions (3 cm by 1 cm) and (7 cm by 1 cm)
The total area of the figure is thus
(3 × 1) + (7 × 1) = 10 cm²
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