The Goode family built a rectangular swimming pool in their backyard. The floor of the pool has an area of $485 5/8$ square feet. If the width of the pool is $18 1/2$ feet, what is the length of the pool?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-19T11:45:33

Length of the pool is $26 1/4$ ft.

Area of rectangle of length $(x)$ and width $(y)$ is

$A=x*y ; A= 485 5/8= 3885/8$ sq.ft , $y=18 1/2= 37/2$ ft

$:. x=A/y or x= (3885/8)-:(37/2) or x=3885/8*2/37$ or

$x=105/4 =26 1/4$ ft.

Length of the pool is $26 1/4$ ft. [Ans]

The Goode family built a rectangular swimming pool in their backyard. The floor of the pool has an area of 485 5/8485 5/8 square feet. If the width of the pool is 18 1/218 1/2 feet, what is the length of the pool?