The correct answer is 41/25
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Define x:
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Let x be the length of the pool.
Length of the pool and its border = x + 1 + 1
Length of the pool and its border = x + 2
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Given area = 361 ft², find x:
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(x+2)² = 361
x+ 2 = √361
x + 2 = 19
x = 19 - 2
x = 17
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Find Length of the pool:
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Length of the pool = x = 17 feet
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Find Area of the pool:
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Area = 17 x 17
Area = 289 ft²
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Answer: Area of the pool = 289 ft²
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We are choosing 2
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r
shoes. How many ways are there to avoid a pair? The pairs represented in our sample can be chosen in (2)
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n
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ways. From each chosen pair, we can choose the left shoe or the right shoe. There are 22
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ways to do this. So of the (22)
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equally likely ways to choose 2
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shoes, (2)22
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r
)
2
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r
are "favourable."
Another way: A perhaps more natural way to attack the problem is to imagine choosing the shoes one at a time. The probability that the second shoe chosen does not match the first is 2−22−1
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n
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2
2
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. Given that this has happened, the probability the next shoe does not match either of the first two is 2−42−2
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n
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4
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. Given that there is no match so far, the probability the next shoe does not match any of the first three is 2−62−3
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n
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6
2
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3
. Continue. We get a product, which looks a little nicer if we start it with the term 22
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. So an answer is
22⋅2−22−1⋅2−42−2⋅2−62−3⋯2−4+22−2+1.
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This can be expressed more compactly in various ways.
I believe it’s option #3. hopefully that helps :)
I think table a but i’m not 100% sure, sorry
